Ashish was the one who always shot straight.
Story from Pacific NW: The Story of Ashish
I enjoyed this story and choose to highlight it for its tale. The tale how certain characteristics will reveal one's true identity. In the beginning, it told how when each one was to gamble they would build a fire. AShiish's for was a purple-blue. The sly silver fox's fire was only yellow.
They story goes on of how gamblers are placed and, in the end, Ashish always wins. The others are out of things to bet by noon and return to their lodges. As the story goes on it tells of how the silver fox tricked Ashish into climbing a tree to hunt an eagle. Yet, when Ashish climbs up the tree it grew higher and higher up. When he reached the top he only found young eagles. He knew he was tricked. He grew very weak and turned into bones.
Down on the ground, the silver fox turned into Ashish, or so he tried to. Shortly after AShish's wives knew he wasn't Ashish. They told the other gamblers and asked the so-called Ashish to shoot. Claiming that Ashish always hit the target and shoots straight. He missed his mark. Then they really knew something was up. The next step was to have the so-called Ashish build his fire. Once he did it burned only yellow and the true identity was shown.
I liked how the moral of the story was that the ones who really know you will found out. They care about you and can tell when something is wrong. It also shows that each and every person is a unique individual. It also helped that in the story everyone had a different color fire. So in the end, they were able to prove to everyone the fox was trying to be Ashish.
As for Ashish, he was found by butterflies. He told them his story and they were able to nurture him back to health. They brought him up food and water. Then they carried him back down to the ground. In the end, everyone got what they deserved and true identity was discovered.
Story by: Katharine Berry Judson (1910)
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