Tag: Grandfather Coyote
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Alone in the Woods : Part 4 – Unexpected Relationships
When Grandfather Coyote finished speaking, he retreated back into the shadowy woods. Dinner was called and the drizzling rain came heavier and faster. Little Girl knew she had to do something about her sad little tent and the puddles inside, so she grabbed a tarp, some twine, and a shovel, and ran to her tent…
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Alone in the Woods : Part 3 – The Lecture
Morning came too soon, yet not soon enough for the shivering child. In her struggle to keep warm and dry, Little Girl had piled her sweaters and jacket under her sleeping bag so the cold from the ground wouldn’t chill her. The puddles that formed in her tent from the leaky roof had to be…
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Alone in the Woods : Part 2
Little Girl followed a ways behind Coyote, following his trail of trodden grass and scattered seeds. The trail led her on a wander, turning this way and that, criss crossing other trails and roads, without time or destination, until the trail ended at a border of tall pine trees. Little Girl cautiously approached, not sure…
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Alone in the Woods : A Story About Relationships by Michele Ballantyne
One day Little Girl was sitting at her window, feeling hopeless and helpless, gazing outside across the dry, brown grass in her yard, to the sunny fields, ripe with seeds, when she saw Grandfather Coyote trot by on the edge of the golden grass. Little Girl watched him, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, eyes…
Michele Ballantyne 