| [ FlagOfKids ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): pictor (홍헌수) 날 짜 (Date): 1999년 10월 28일 목요일 오후 03시 43분 01초 제 목(Title): n.chickasaw.storyteller Chickasaw StoryTeller __ __\ \ / \ / \ / _/_ _\_ _/_ _\ \ // / /_ _\ _/_ _\_ __ _\ __/_ _\__ \ /\/\ /\ /\/ _ _\ _\/ \/\ \ /\/\ /\ /\/__ \ / \/\ / /_ _\/_ _\ _\ _\/_\\/_\ _\ \_/_ _\/_ _\ _\\ / _\ /_ _\ \/ \/ \/ \/__\//\/_ \ \/ \/__\/ /\ An old man sat beneath a tree and told \ / _\ / \___ \ /_ _ His stories like an elf-man spinning gold. /_ _\ /_\ / /_ _\/ The staves of time he wove in tapestries _\/_ \ /_ | \/_ \_Of past events kept in his memories. __\ /\/_ _\/ / / \/ His gentle speech had those peculiar ways /_ _\ /\/ _\ | \ Of expression, incomplete to men these days, _\/_ _\_\/ | \ Whose language is less primitive and raw \/\ /\/\ / | | Than men like him who first spoke Chickasaw. \/_ _\/_ _\ ( / His face was somewhat wrinkled, deeply tanned, /\/\ /\/| / | And frequently he gestured with his hand _\/_ _\ \ / \ His eyes aglow with visions gone before \/ \/ | \ / | That by his telling came to life once more. | \/ | In awe his tales of far-off yesteryear, \_ / Held spellbound those who often came to hear. | \ Through time-trancending vision they would see \ | The landmarks their forefathers knew to be. | | | | . ~ Inlat Toba ~ | / . | ( ) _ | \ /| \`-._.-'/ | | / | `-._.-' | | / / ( | / / | | / / | | ____|_/ | | / \ | | / \ | | | |___ | | \ _______ \ | | \ / ) \| | | \ / _/ | | / / \ | | / / _) | | | / _\ | | \/ \ \ (\ | | |\_ _/ (\ /| | | /\__\ ( |(\ || | | /___ \__\___ (\//|/ | | | // \ \/ _/ | | | | | /| \ / ( /\/\ / | | | | |\_ \ / / \| | | \ \ \ ||/ / / / | | | \ \| / / / | | | \ \__/ / / | | | \ \__/ / | \ | \ / | | / \ / / | | \_______/ ___... | | | | ____.....------"""""____ | |_...| |-----""""" / \ | | | | /\ \ ...--------| | | | ) \__ / | | | / ( (__)/ | | /____________| ) (__) | | |__||___||__|| (_ (_)) | | \__ _ |_______ \ (_)) | | | | / \ ) (_)) ) | | | \ /.--.| | \ \/ / // \ | | _\____________/ | | \ \ | | |__________| \/ | | \____| | | | | | | \ / / | | | | \ | | / /| | | | | | / | | / | | (| | | / | |/ / | | | | | | | / / | | | | | )______/ / / | | | | | | | ( /.._.'| | \ | | |||||||| \ | / | | | | | / / \( \ | \ | | / | / | \ _/ | | | | _\ | ) | | | | / | / | /\ | | | / \ __ / | / \ | | | \ \ / \/ | / \ | | (____ \_____ ________| / \ |/ \| / \ / | |/ JRO- |__|\_______/ \____|_| hon R. Oglesbee bee@ mail.fullnet.net |