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Long ago animals and trees walked and talked
together, before there was fire. The clever fox decided that he would
create fire for the world. The fox decided to ask the Geese for help. The
fox asked the geese to teach him their cry. The geese agreed as long as
the fox would fly with them. So the fox agreed. The geese found a way to
attach wings the fox but warned him that while in flight he has to have
his eyes closed. One night during flight the geese and the fox passed over
a village of fireflies and the glare of sparkling lights caused the fox to
forget and he opened his eyes. Instantaneously the fox opened his eyes and
his wings collapsed and he fell. The fox landed within the walls of the
firefly village and asked them how he was to get out. They told him that
there was an oak tree that if he asked it, it would bend down and catapult
him over the wall. Later that evening the fox found the water hole of the
fireflies and found earth that when mixed with water made paint. The fox
colored himself white and persuaded the fireflies to have a festival with
dancing and music provided by him. They agreed and made a fire to dance
around. The fox made a drum and tied a stick to his tail for to beat the
drum. As the fox was drumming he moved closer and closer to the fire. The
fox complained of fatigue and let the fireflies take over the drumming
while he secretly put the stick in the fire to ignite it. Once the stick
was aflame he took off to the oak tree and demanded to bend over and
catapult him out of the village. The tree did so and so the fox ran with
the fireflies right behind him. As the fox ran the ignited stick was
catching his path on fire. The fox finally became so tired he could not go
on, so he gave the stick to the hawk, which carried it away. As the hawk
flew it spread fire sparks everywhere, which started fire on earth. The
fireflies caught the fox and his punishment for stealing fire was that he
could never make use of it for himself.
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