Out of
the dark empty sky appeared the Lord of the Night. He stared in his
magic mirror upon the men, women and children who lived in the silent,
dull world.
No birds were singing.
No frogs were croaking.
No flowers
were blooming.
No children were laughing.
No men were whistling.
No
women were dancing.
Everyone, even the animals, was unhappy. The Lord of the Night summoned
the wind, and commanded him to go to the sun and free the musicians.
The Lord of the Wind argued
with the Night for some weapons, because he needed them to protect himself.
He was given a turquoise shield, black thunder clouds and some lightning
bolts. He was also told some friends would help him.
Wind flew off over the horizon and
found Fish Woman, Alligator Woman,
and Turtle Woman.
He hopped on their backs and they took him across the sea, lashing
the water with their feet and tails. Behind them were waves of white foam.
Bubbles spat up out of the water onto Wind’s face. When they reached
the beach they stopped suddenly, throwing wind into the air.
Wind traveled to the kingdom of
the Sun and asked for the musicians. Sun refused. Wind demanded the
musicians. Sun got angry and shot some fiery darts at
the wind. Wind pulled out his turquoise shield and the darts bounced
off it. Wind threw his black thunder clouds, which expanded until
they covered the sun and blinded him. The four musicians escaped with
Wind. They grasped his
cloak and escaped back to earth. Wind threw the lightning so
he could see in the dark.
As they got closer to earth colours began to appear.
The wavy
water turned green and blue.
The grass on the hills became
green, and the snow and ice turned
white.
The musicians landed
and began to play. The green musician faced north and played
a song of dawn on his rattles to wake people up and send them to
work. The red musician turned to the east and played a joyful song
on her drum for people to play and work to. The yellow musician
faced west and played a quiet calm
lullaby on his flute for people to rest by. The blue musician
faced south and played a jazzy song
of night on her shell, so people
could tell stories and dance.
Frogs began to croak.
Colourful birds began
to sing.
Children
laughed, men whistled, and women sang and danced. Sun, Wind
and Night were all happy, and a rainbow appeared
in the sky.
Wind
had won the victory.