Near a forest there was a lake. Around the lake were
many cottages. There was one cottage away from the others. In that
cottage lived an old grandmother. Her name was Grandmother Lom.
Grandmother Lom had two grandchildren – a
boy and a girl. The grandchildren liked to visit and play with
Grandmother Lom. Grandmother Lom taught them how to look for faces
on the trees in the forest. She took them out on the lake in her
small white boat but she never took them out of the bay because
it was too dangerous. Grandmother Lom showed them she could scoop
up a fish from the lake with her hand. They would sit around a
fire at night and sing, dance, jump, and listen to Grandmother
Lom’s stories.
One day the grandchildren took Grandmother
Lom’s boat
into the lake without telling her. Suddenly a fog zoomed onto the lake.
The boat went too far out of the bay. They were scared. They cried
for help. Grandmother Lom called out to them, “Where are you?” Grandmother
Lom was so upset and worried. She kept waving her arms excitedly and
calling out “Where are you?” Suddenly she turned into a loon and helped
her grandchildren get back to the shore.
When they got to the shore they looked everywhere for
their grandmother but could not find her. They found her white apron
laying on the wet sand. Then they heard the loon calling out from the
water. They realized it was Grandmother Lom quietly calling out to
them.