# 5

5.
I Choose to read one one of the Cherokee myths . This explained the beginning of life and how everything became what it is today.   According to the myth in the beginning of time earth was a dark island that hung from the sky , there were only animals and plants.  The animals couldn’t see since it was always dark so they got the sun and put it in a path so it could move east and west of the island.  Then One day the great spirit came and told the plants and animals to stay awake for seven nights and seven days some of the animals could not and they slept. So the great spirit awarded the ones that did not sleep and made them green all year and the ones that did sleep lost their colors and leaves during the winter. The animals that did not sleep was giving the award with the ability to go about in the dark. It seemed that  plants were important in this Myth . ''Those plants that did stay awake, such as the pine and cedar and those few others were rewarded by being allowed to remain green all year''.  I didn't really find any similarities with the Myths that we already read except that most of them are about the begining of the world and many times animals are the first ones on earth.