Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

Why Leaves Have Many Colors in Autumn

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» Bear
» Deer
» Rainbow
» Hawk
» Little Turtle
» Wolf

Our people live on the Great Island (the continent of North America). The Great Island rests on the back of Big Turtle. He stands deep in the Great Water (the ocean). Sometimes he becomes weary from standing. Then he shifts his weight to another foot, and the Great Island trembles. The Wyandot cry out, “He moves the Earth!”—meaning an

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