NATIVE ROOTS (ZEB HANKS: SMALL TOWN SHERIFF BIG TIME TROUBLE Book 0) by Mark Reps

Author:Mark Reps [Reps, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

11

The Stars In The Sky

Awake From The Dream

Jake shined the beam of a laser flashlight to the center of the canyon. Roughly fifty feet in front of them was the largest telescope Zeb had ever seen.

“Wow. Cool.”

“It’s more than cool,” said Jake. “It can give you a peek into a world that the naked eye can never see.”

“Where’d you get it? I’ve got a little one. I’ve never seen anything like that, even in books,” said Zeb.

“One of the scientists on Mount Graham gave it to me as a gift. It’s a long story. I helped him out of a jam, I guess. He was grateful. Song Bird and I have been using it for three years now.”

“Where should we begin with young Zebulon Hanks?” asked Song Bird.

“Let’s start with something every boy knows, the Big Dipper.”

“There it is,” shouted Zeb with powerful enthusiasm.

“Have a look through the telescope,” said Jake. “Tell us what you see.”

Zeb pointed the telescope toward the Big Dipper. He studied carefully.

“It’s a dipper, a big one.”

Jake and Song Bird chuckled and felt their own enthusiasm rising.

“It has four stars in its bowl and three more on its handle. Seven stars in the Big Dipper. I’ve looked at it a hundred times and never thought about counting the number of stars in it,” said Song Bird.

“Now look at the bowl and draw an imaginary line between the two stars that form the top of the bowl and follow it outward until you see a bright star,” said Jake.

“I see it, I see it.”

“That is the North Star. Men in ships for thousands of years have used it for navigational purposes. We live in the desert, but we Indians have used it for thousands upon thousands of years to give us direction,” said Song Bird.

“The North Star is also called Polaris,” said Jake. “It lies in a direct line with the axis of the earth. Because of that, it appears to never move.”

Zeb stared at the constellation.

“Song Bird,” Zeb asked. “How was the Big Dipper made? Did the Creator make it?”

“You ask a good question. There is a story behind the creation of the Big Dipper. It is a tale of wolves, coyotes and bears.”

“Please tell me the story,” pleaded Zeb.

“Of course. That is why you are here, to learn. The story goes like this. Once there were five wolves who would share meat with Coyote. One night the wolves were staring at the sky. Coyote asked the wolves what they were looking at. The wolves said there were two animals up in the sky, and they wanted to get to them but couldn’t. Coyote grinned slyly and offered them what he called an easy way to reach them.”

“What was it?” asked Zeb.

“Coyote then took his bow and shot an arrow into the sky where it stuck. He shot another arrow which stuck into the first arrow. Then he shot another and another until the chain of arrows reached the ground. The five wolves and Coyote climbed the arrows into the sky.

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