THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS

THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS

In the old times when the animals used to talk and hold councils, and the
Grubworm and Woodchuck used to marry people, there was once a great famine
of mast in the mountains, and all the animals and birds which lived upon it met
together and sent the Pigeon out to the low country to see if any food could be
found there. After a time she came back and reported that she had found a
country where the mast was “up to our ankles” on the ground. So they got
together and moved down into the low country in a great army.

 

Source:
Myths of the Cherokee, James Mooney