I really like this story! I love sports and this was a story about a game and animals/birds. I loved the imagery the story displayed by talking about the bear as the captain for the animals and the eagle as the captain for the birds. But the best part about the story was the fact that the little animals like the Flying Squirrel got kicked off the animal team for being "so small."
This gave these small animals more incentive to join the birds team and win the game. In fact, the Flying Squirrel was one of the heroes (besides the Martin.) In the end, the birds team wins and the animals who had been quite boastful lost. The Martin for his effort was rewarded with a gourd.
If I were to rewrite this story, I would maybe put a more modern-day twist on it. Have the animals and the birds play a game of basketball or American football. I think this could be a fun story to write!
Bibliography. "The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals" from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney (1900). Web Source.
(House Martin: Image by Sue Rickhuss from Pixabay)
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