How Niagara Falls Came To Be

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      Once upon a time, in the South Pole, Father Earth was tending to some of the penguins. His son, Brother Land was at the North Pole. His friend, Wabsacuck (Eagle) had given him the wind feather. It has the power to take you anywhere, but only once. He had a love, a pain in his heart when he left her. Her name was Daughter Meda, which means princess. When she twirled around, jewels fell to her feet, and she glistened with sparkles. When she looked at you with her gleaming green eyes, you would feel a sense of warmth and comfort. He went to see her,with the wind feather. They stayed together for a month, feasting and dancing. And then he had to leave. Father Earth had needed him to build a glacier for the penguins.
     The Creators of the Earth were so large, it only took 2 steps to get to the South Pole to the North Pole and the other way around. The problem was, if Brother Land stepped in the water, he would create a tsunami or a hurricane, but if he stepped on land, his weight would crush the earth into a canyon or ditch, and probably cause an earthquake of mass destruction . Sister Water remembered when Brother Land had made a wall of stone to stop a hurricane that she made on accident. She had never showed her brother any gratitude for the great deed he had done, so she decided to help him. She agreed that if Brother Land stepped on the land, she would fill the crevice with water. He took a week, a day, a hour, and a minute to figure out where to step. He finally chose the spot, right by where his friend Wabsacuck lived. As soon as he stepped, the canyon filled with water. He got back to his father and tended to the penguins, and every time he went to see Daughter Meda, he stepped in what is now Niagara Falls. When he stepped, the water fell into the crevice and created a beautiful waterfall.




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