Setting: New World
Characters: Man, Woman, Creator, the Sun
Theme: Don't take others for granted, Forgiveness
Long ago the Creator made a man and woman together so they wouldn't be lonely. They got married and were happy together. Then one day the man came home from hunting, and the woman hadn't began preparing the meal because she was picking flowers. The man became angry because he was hungry, but the woman was angry too because she wanted the man to the flowers' beauty. She finally told him she wouldn't live with him and more and left. He followed her and called her name, but the woman was too fast. He wanted to say he was sorry, but she was just too fast. The Sun saw that the woman was sad and decided to help the man since was truly sorry. The Sun shone on raspberries, but the woman walked right by them. The Sun did the same thing to blueberries and blackberries, but the woman didn't stop. Finally the Sun tried really hard and shone on a small patch of berries that turned into strawberries. The woman stopped and tried one. They reminded her of her husband before they fought, so she decided she would gather some for him. As she was picking them, he finally caught up to her. He asked for forgiveness, and she gave him the berries. That is how strawberries came to be, and to this day Cherokee eat strawberries and are reminded to be kind to one another.
