The Sun Began To Sink
The sun began to sink, the shadows grew longer, and the man too headed back to his people. But when he reached the camp, he discovered that his son was not there. The parents called and called but there was no answer. The whole tribe began searching. They looked through the bushes by the River's edge, among the great trees of the forest, and along the foothills of the mountains. But there were no traces of the boy.
The elders said that the boy must have been carried off by a wild animal: wolf or bear or mountain lion. The others sadly loaded up their canoes and set off once more on their journey to the spring camp.
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