A LONG TIME AGO, WHEN ALL OF THE PEOPLES WERE ABLE TO TALK TOGETHER,
THERE WAS A NEED FOR SOMEONE TO CARRY MESSAGES TO THE SKYFATHER ON A
DAILY BASIS. EACH BIRD TRIED TO FLY AS HIGH AS THE SKYPEOPLES PLACE.
WHEN EAGLE TRIED, HE WAS ABLE TO REACH THERE AND NOT BE TIRED. SO,
EAGLE WAS APPOINTED TO BE THE ONE TO CARRY ALL THE MESSAGES TO THE
SKYFATHER. DOING SO WAS A GREAT HONOR FOR EAGLE AND HE CARRIED OUT
HIS TASK WITH GREAT CARE. EAGLE DELIVERED ALL THE MESSAGES HE HEARD
EACH DAY. ALL THE DAY PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY. THEIR PRAYERS AND
MESSAGES WERE ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY. ONE DAY, SKYFATHER ASKED FOR THE
MESSAGES AND HE NOTICED THERE WAS NO MESSAGES FROM THE NIGHT PEOPLE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN NO MESSAGES, PRAYERS OR
THANKS OR ANYTHING FROM THE NIGHT PEOPLE FOR AS LONG AS SKYFATHER
COULD REMEMBER. HE ASKED EAGLE ABOUT THIS. EAGLE SAID HE HAD HEARD
NO MESSAGES BEFORE HE LEFT FOR THE FLYING UP TO SKYFATHER AND HE WAS
SURE THERE WERE NONE. WELL SKYFATHER WAS BECOMING VERY ANGRY. MOON
DAUGHTER SAID SHE HAD HEARD PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS ON HER NIGHTLY
TRAVELS OVER THE EARTH MOTHER. EAGLE WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THIS AND
DECIDED TO MAKE RIGHT THIS MISTAKE. HE FLEW BACK TO EARTHMOTHER AND
ASKED IF ANYONE KNEW OF WORDS BEING SAID THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF TO
BE SENT TO THE SKYFATHER. OWL SAID HE HAD HEARD MANY PRAYERS AND
CRYING FROM ALL THE NIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY WERE AROUND ALL THE TIME.
EAGLE COULD NOT REMEMBER HEARING OR SEEING ANY NIGHT PEOPLE, NOR
LISTENING TO THEIR PRAYERS OF NEED OR THANKS TO THE SKYFATHER.
SKYFATHER TOLD EAGLE TO FIND OUT IF THESE THINGS WERE TRUE. EAGLE
WENT LOOKING FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT MOON DAUGHTER SAID WERE ALL
AROUND. WHEN HE ASKED OWL WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE AND WHEN THESE
PRAYERS WERE SAID AND CRYS MADE, OWL ANSWERED HIM THAT IT WAS DURING
THE NIGHT WHEN THE NIGHT PEOPLE WERE AWAKE THAT THEY COULD BE HEARD.
EAGLE WAS SHOCKED FOR HE SLEPT DURING THE NIGHT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO
HEAR THESE THINGS AND TAKE THEM TO SKYFATHER. OWL SAID, HE HEARD
THEM ALL THE TIME AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO REPORT TO EAGLE BEFORE HE
LEFT IN THE MORNING TO THE SKYFATHER. EAGLE AGREED, BUT WHEN OWL
STARTED TO TELL EAGLE OF ALL THAT WAS SAID DURING THE NIGHT, EAGLE
SAID STOP. YOU MUST DELIVER THESE TO SKYFATHER AS THERE ARE TOO MANY
FOR ME TO REMEMBER WITH ALL I MUST REPORT FROM THE DAY PEOPLE. OWL
THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY BUT HE HAD
NEVER FLEW DURING THE DAY AND THE LIGHT MAY BE TOO BRIGHT, BUT HE
WOULD TRY. OWL AND EAGLE STARTED AT DAWN FOR THE HOUSE OF SKYFATHER.
BOTH COULD SEE VERY WELL BUT AS THE MORNING SUN ROSE IN THE SKY, OWL
STARTED TO LOOSE HIS WAY AND FALL BEHIND EAGLE. EAGLE SLOWED DOWN SO
OWL COULD CATCH UP. THEN EAGLE ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG AND OWL TOLD
EAGLE HE COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE THE SUN WAS TOO BRIGHT. EAGLE SAID
FOR OWL TO FLY IN EAGLES SHADOW AND OWL WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE OK. OWL
DID SO AND THEY CONTINUED ON THEIR WAY. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW TRAVEL
IN THE MORNING, THEY WERE LATE AND THE SUN WAS SETTING IN THE WEST.
IT GOT DARK AND EAGLE SAID HE WAS LOST AND COULD NOT FIND THE WAY.
NOW IT WAS OWLS TURN TO HELP AND HE ASKED IF EAGLE COULD SEE HIM AND
HIS WHITE SPOTS. EAGLE SAID HE COULD , SO OWL TOLD EAGLE TO WATCH
AND FOLLOW OWL NOW AND THEY WOULD MAKE IT TO SKYFATHERS BEFORE TOO
LONG. THEY MADE IT TO THE HOUSE OF SKYFATHER AND GAVE THEIR REPORTS
FROM THE PEOPLE TO SKYFATHER. SKYFATHER WAS SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM
ALL HIS CHILDREN THAT HE ASKED OWL IF HE WOULD MIND BEING THE NIGHT
MESSENGER TO SKYFATHER FOR ALL THE NIGHT PEOPLE. OWL WAS FROM THEN
ON TO REPORT FOR ALL THE NIGHT PEOPLE AND EAGLE FOR ALL THE DAY
PEOPLE. BOTH WERE BLESSED WITH GREAT SIGHT AND STRENGTH TO MAKE THE
TRIP AND TO THIS DAY ALL PRAYERS ARE HEARD AND REPORTED TO SKYFATHER
BY OWL AND EAGLE BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME. EACH FLIES AT HIS OWN
TIME AND TOGETHER THEY MAY BE SEEN AT DAWN AND DUSK FLYING TOGETHER.
ONE GOING TO SKYFATHER AND ONE COMING FROM SKYFATHER.
AND THE RATS TAIL FELL OFF
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