Shamanic Vision: Living Life through the Eyes of the Heart Issue #1, Fall 2016 | Page 29

There were two of them; they looked at the dripping, grass and dirt and sand
and deer dropping covered Human Being that ran towards them, who
screamed, “Bees!!!!”
The men grabbed their spears and prepared for the worst.
This filth covered Human Being ran past them...the men turned and stood at
the ready...though they knew not what they were ready for!
Because, you see, there were no bees!
Instead, there was one little gnat. And if they could have seen the gnat up
close, they would have seen a gnat with a very determined face going after
something that looked very delicious. And that something was Standing
Deer!
And so this is how Standing Deer became a student of Grey Fox in
eventually became a very important man with his people.
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The Grandfather looked at the children. “So, what lessons did you learn
from Standing Deer?”
A boy raised his hand.
“Yes son?”
“If you smell bad, bears won't eat you?”
Grandfather laughed so hard. “Such wisdom!” He slapped his knee; “Not
quite...it was more of a matter that Old Ironside was full and besides, if you
smell bad, will the Human Beings want to eat with you? Of course not!
They'll throw you scraps as if you were a stray dog. We don't want that now,
do we?”
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