Lea was the best hunter in her tribe.
She was only 13, but everyone knew she would be important. They didn’t know
when. They didn’t know how. They could just feel the little girl would be
important. Her mother had made her a pair of wolf fur boots and jacket. The
wolf was a very respected animal for Lea’s people.
One day a traveler arrived at the camp.
He was badly wounded. The people knew right away, he was of the hawk tribe. He
had a hawk feather and two beads in his hair. One bead blood red the other crow
black. He had come to warn them of a terrible evil that had risen. A giant bear,
that destroyed anyone and anything in its’ path. Suddenly the people of the
wolf tribe remembered a legend that had been started since the first people in
their land shot the first meal.
“There is a beast of destruction to be
born. It will wipe out all. From people to people, our world will slowly
disappear. Yet, the daughter of a great nation will bring down the beast. With
her wits and her skill.” One of Lea’s friends recited the legend as if she has
never forgotten it. Right then Lea came out of her hut. She had been working on
a new arrow when she heard the legend recited. When she came out her arrow
started glowing. For, the God of the heaven and earth had given a sign saying
she was the one.
The next day she packed her bow and
arrows in a large thin cylinder shaped bag that hung from her back. Her mother
had packed her extra food. So she wouldn’t waste her energy hunting for rabbits
instead of the bear. As she left, her people watched and her friends counted
her every step. Praying she would execute the evil beast and return unharmed.
A week has gone by before Lea finally
found the giant bear. It had grown since the traveler had seen it on his way to
warn the tribes. The evil being was killing a deer in one swipe, when Lea
actually got a good look at it. The bear sniffed the air. It sensed Lea’s
presents. She drew her bow and took aim at the beast. But before she could take
down the horrid monster. It let out a frightening roar that made Lea barley hit
his shoulder. Swiping at the arrow that grew from his shoulder, it started to
charge toward Lea. She ran out of the way into a field. The bear caught up to
her and clawed at her feet. Lea flew sideways and slammed into a tree. The
force of the hit almost broke her arm. She couldn’t move. She ached too much.
Yet, she knew if she didn’t take down the beast now it would kill her, and
continue destroying their world, as they knew it. The beast Charged again. In
agony, Lea drew an arrow and took aim. It took all the energy she had left to
pull back the arrow and take out the beast. As soon as the arrow left her
grasp, she collapsed. The world faded around her. Before everything was dark,
Lea heard the terrifying screech of the monster.
When Lea awoke, she found herself in
the presence of the barracuda people. They were rejoicing. For, the great bear
was dead. They fed Lea some breakfast, and packed a sack full of the bear’s
skins for a trophy. The people sent a good hunter with her since she was still
a little weak. Lea got home safely. All the tribes gathered to have a two-week
celebration. Because not only had Lea destroyed an evil bear, she had brought
peace between the tribes.
