Blacktail Deer Plateau The shadows stole the sun

Blue looked down at the child snuggled next to her. She shifted and lay down sphinx like so the child could snuggle better into her downy fur, if she was scared. Because if Blue was scared she was certain the child was scared too. There were so many stories revolving around the shadows that ate the moon and almost all of them bad. She briefly wondered about one that wasn’t so scary and she thought of one. She looked down at the child and began to weave a tale; maybe it would help them both past the time.

you see little one the Sun is a big man and he has 20 wives and lots of animals are his friends. A lot of these friends are mountain lions and snakes, and they have tempers you know. When Mr. Moon does not bring the mountain lions and snakes the food he told them he would, they attack him. They bite and scratch him and he bleeds. His wives being brave females that they are, they rush to help him. Just like you helped your daddy when you and I were playing, they protect him. And when they chase away the mean animals, they help him heal, and that is why there is shadow on the moon, it’s all his wives rushing to help him. Once he’s healed again the light will come back.

She nuzzled the little girl’s head hoping that eased a little bit, because even Blue did not know exactly what this was, and she didn’t want to tell the child that, and scare her more.