Glenda Bixler
"The Rain Snake"
by Jeannie Walker
Today seems to be just
the right day to read and write about a miracle, don't you think? Especially if
you are with young children and can read it for them and then give it as a
gift!
I loved the concept of
the story, sharing the miracles of another culture with all children, and a
little historical background...plus of course the true story that happened in
the life of the author!
Oklahoma had been set
aside as Native Indian territory and had asked that the state name be Sequoah -
which makes sense if it indeed was to be the home of our Native Americans.
Instead, Oklahoma was the given name of the state that was recognized in
1907...
It was 1955 when Woody
Maxwell, a local farmer, was having major problems during a long drought that
had hit the State. Woody was Jeannie's father and she was a young tomboy who
helped her Dad, who was a Cherokee Indian, as much as she could to run their
farm, which included both crops and animals...
One day, they were out
riding and Jeannie saw a paper bag that was moving! She immediately pointed it
out to her father who stopped and got out to see what it was...A was a puppy!
But he was in bad shape and needed food! They took him home and started feeding
him a little milk. They called him Rinty after the story of Rin Tin Tin and her
father took the time to explain who that dog was and how he became famous...
Her Dad told Jeannie
about the Indian legend of rain making--but he quickly warned her that snakes
were dangerous and that she should stay away from them. Jeannie shared that
Rinty let her know when a snake was around and they always ran away! But one
day during the chore of egg gathering, Jeannie and Rinty discovered that a
chicken snake was stealing their eggs. She ran to tell her father... Her father
killed it...and, guess what, eggs starting rolling out of its mouth! Jeannie
declared she'd never seen anything like that! But she later took that snake and
tried the legend and it worked! It rained!
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