Shamanic Vision: Living Life through the Eyes of the Heart Issue #1, Fall 2016 | Page 25

He came to the breathing bush...oh this is going to be funny.
And then, Standing Deer leapt up into the air, letting out his War Cry;
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” He landed on the ground, snapping a branch or two
and the air filled with the echo of his war cry and the snapping branches...it
sounded as if there was a war going on!
He looked at the bush and then he saw something funny!
It wasn't Mannish Boy using the bushes.
Oh no....it was Ironsides, the most notable Bear in the region! And
Ironsides...poor Ironsides...when he heard all the ruckus...he too jumped...he
jumped the height of a man...upwards! Have you ever seen a bear jump
straight up? Oh, it is something special to see!
However, Ironsides was not too happy as you can imagine!
When he came back down on all four legs, he did what any sensible bear
would do—he ran. And of course, he ran in what Standing Deer would later
call, the 'wrong direction' which of course, was towards him!
Standing Deer did the sensible thing; he too ran and he ran in the opposite
direct, towards the charging Ironsides!
Zoooooom! He rushed right past that Old Bear!
Ironsides, who by now had collected his thoughts, stopped and turned. He
called out to Standing Deer; “Little Brother! Stop! Wait!”

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