Shamanic Vision: Living Life through the Eyes of the Heart Issue #1, Fall 2016 | Page 32

“Head!” called out the children.
“Exactly!”
A boy raised his hand; “Was it wise to run to the village?”
Grandfather scanned the room; “What would you have done?”
The children were silent for a long moment.
Grandfather asked; “What could have happened if the bees were still chasing
Standing Deer? Do you think they could have hurt the people?”
The children chewed on this.
Grandfather looked at them, one by one; “We don't really know what could
have happened. Most likely, they would have buzzed around, shared some of
our food...a few people may have been stung...then again, maybe none as we
could talk to them and apologize for whatever was done. Remember, the
bees are very important to us. We need them much more than they need us.
Of course they were angry—their home was attacked and who knows how
many of their loved ones were killed or injured by that arrow.”
“Then this is a sad story rather than a funny story,” said the quiet girl.
“No, not really granddaughter. You see, funny and sad are related; they need
each other to live. You laughed as I told the story. This is one of things
though—until you look at something from many sides, you will only see
something from the front. Sometimes, we need to look at things in many
ways to understand all of it. The story was intended to be funny...this is what
Standing Deer needed to find—and he did. However, this story is like the
rings of a tree—there are many layers to the story.”
A boy raised his hand; And about the gnat?”
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