Monday, November 30, 2009

The Bone Man

by Laura Simms
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Genre: Traditional Literature (A Native American Modoc Tale)

Nulwee's grandmother told him a scary tale about what happened the day he was born. She tells him about how Kokolimalayas, the Bone Man, drank the river dry and devoured all of the people except for him. When he grows up, his destiny will be to bring back the water and the people to his land. His grandmother is a wise old woman who is able to provide him with information to help him defeat the Bone Man when the showdown occurs.

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