Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Peter Roop

Author:Peter Roop
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781504010085
Publisher: Open Road Media

“Ahyoka,” he said, laughing. “Is a bear chasing you?”

Ahyoka looked into his eyes. Maybe he would understand. Her breath came in gasps as she told her story.

“Would he be in the Council House?” Mr. Adair suggested.

Ahyoka’s heart skipped a beat. Maybe he was. She ran to the door and looked in, but her father was not there. Ahyoka took a deep breath. Then she ran to the river, splashed across, and raced up the trail. She stopped at the bush to get her belongings. A blanket of shade spread beneath it. Suddenly Ahyoka felt so tired that she crawled into the shade and quickly fell asleep.

The sun was halfway past its peak when Ahyoka woke. She did not know where she was. As she sat up, she stuck her head into a spider’s web. She brushed the web from her hair and remembered.

Sequoyah! Where was her father? Had he left the Big Mountains? What should she do? It was a long way home, and the light would soon begin to fade. She did not want to spend the night alone in darkness.

Ahyoka had no choice. She had to return home. Tomorrow she would search again.

The trail up the mountain had never seemed so long. Her legs and arms ached. Her head ached. Twice she filled her empty stomach with long drinks from the creek. She bit a persimmon and spit it out. Another moon must pass before the persimmons, huckleberries, and blackberries would be sweet.

Around a bend in the trail she saw Climbing Bear’s cabin. At first she did not see Sequoyah. Shadows hid him. She might have missed him if his hand had not been skimming over a piece of bark.

Ahyoka grabbed the hem of her skirt and ran.

“Father,” she called.

Sequoyah looked up from his drawing. “Ahyoka!”

Ahyoka ran to Sequoyah and clung to him like a grapevine. He closed his arms around her.

“I had to find you, Father,” she explained. “I could not let you leave forever. I know that together we can make the talking leaves.”

“My little mosquito,” Sequoyah whispered. “You are as persistent as ever. In my dreams last night, we solved the mystery. Adanvdo looks kindly upon us.”

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