Post by mrkite23 on Apr 24, 2008 5:44:55 GMT 12
Kite got home from work and as made my way upstairs to wash the daily grind of work out of my tired body
Albert was coming out of the bathroom with just a towel around him and it was not a pretty sight , and Kite noticed that he had a large lump on his back and Albert was as white as a sheet .
“Evening old man what is this all about a second bath this month!”
“Very funny boy have you seen my slippers ?” he replied.
“No , and what the devil is that on your back ?”
“Oh , its nothing to worry about, I think I have a Manitou coming that’s all “
“A what?”
“A Manitou “ he replied feeling under the bed for his sheep slippers .
“What on Earth is a Manitou ?”
“It’s a North American Indian spirit “ he said pulling out his slippers from the bed and gently crouching down and putting them on his feet with this task done he got back up and beads of sweat were rolling of his head .
“I think we better go down stairs and put the kettle on , I have got to here this one with a strong cup of tea ” .
Albert gently sat himself at the table and very gingerly got a ginger biscuit .
“His name is Snow Dog “ he said biting the biscuit .
“What ! You have a name for it ?”
“Well I am guessing its him , he seems to like me as his Earth Mother “ he said .
“I think we need to start at the beginning old man “
“Well in the days before the white man stole the country from the American Indians , they lived off the land and they were great hunters and there was a great hunter called Snow Dog who hunted bear so much that his friend By Tor warned him that soon he would make a mistake and a bear would kill him .
Snow Dog would not listen and he hunted bear more and more and one day came across a female bear with two cubs and he knew that it was not the way to kill a bear with cubs it would be a terrible thing and go against the laws laid down by the fore fathers .
But he could not resist the temptation of another kill and so he tracked the great bear and he slayed it .
And as Snow Dog was skinning the dead bear a large shadow cut out the sun on his back and as he turned round he was picked up by a huge white bear and the bear spoke .
“You have done a terrible thing you have left two cubs to fend for themselves and as a harsh winter is on the way and they will surly die and its all because of your thirst for blood and as I hold you now I can crush your neck and you will be dead
But I am going to let you go and live out your blood thirsty life but there is one thing you must do for me , but if you do not I will hunt you down till the end of the earth.
If you do .
I will raise the cubs as my own and you will be welcome into the hunting ground of your fore fathers when you die “
So the great bear told Snow Dog of how before his new life as Bear he was a great chief and many horses and a beautiful wife and owned lots of land
In the Village was a jealous Shaman who put a spell on him and turned him into a bear so he could steal his wife and his land , and now the bear wanted revenge , but the Shaman had made a spell that stopped the bear going to the village and killing the Shaman
He could not leave the forest to seek his revenge .
So he wanted Snow Dog to capture the Shaman and bring him to the bear so he could get his revenge and kill the evil witch doctor
So Snow Dog agreed and he did as the bear said and as the bear was about to kill the Shaman the Shaman cast a spell on Snow Dog for being The Bears ally and taking him to his death
The spell was that he would become a Manitou , which is forever reborn each time he died .He will never rest on the hunting grounds of his fore fathers and he will walk the Earth for eternity.
“So that’s how I have ended up with a Manitou coming out of my back “ said Albert grabbing another Ginger nut and dipping it in his tea .
"So why your back then and not anyone else ?" Kite asked
"You see, I knew Snow Dog in his bear hunting days , my Indian name was By Tor " replied the old man .
“Well I have heard some stories in my time but that’s a cracker , so then how long before with have a sound of little patter of Indian feet then old mother Albert ?”
“Little ! No Snow Dog comes out fully grown “ said the old man .
“Ha , your kidding right ?”
Albert just shook his head .
Four weeks later Albert was a father of a fully grown Indian
I wont go through the details but it was not a pretty sight , but lets say Albert spent three weeks in bed and unable to move with a six foot Indian growing out of his back and had cravings for Ice cream and jellies .
Snow Dog soon got the hang of walking, talking using the toilet and making his Teepee in the back garden and then he was ready to stand on his own two feet.
“So snow Dog what are your plans in this new life that you now have ?” Kite asked .
“Me find a bear and kill it , I hate bears “ he said and walked off into the night .
“Kids these days eh! Boy “ said Albert .
Albert was coming out of the bathroom with just a towel around him and it was not a pretty sight , and Kite noticed that he had a large lump on his back and Albert was as white as a sheet .
“Evening old man what is this all about a second bath this month!”
“Very funny boy have you seen my slippers ?” he replied.
“No , and what the devil is that on your back ?”
“Oh , its nothing to worry about, I think I have a Manitou coming that’s all “
“A what?”
“A Manitou “ he replied feeling under the bed for his sheep slippers .
“What on Earth is a Manitou ?”
“It’s a North American Indian spirit “ he said pulling out his slippers from the bed and gently crouching down and putting them on his feet with this task done he got back up and beads of sweat were rolling of his head .
“I think we better go down stairs and put the kettle on , I have got to here this one with a strong cup of tea ” .
Albert gently sat himself at the table and very gingerly got a ginger biscuit .
“His name is Snow Dog “ he said biting the biscuit .
“What ! You have a name for it ?”
“Well I am guessing its him , he seems to like me as his Earth Mother “ he said .
“I think we need to start at the beginning old man “
“Well in the days before the white man stole the country from the American Indians , they lived off the land and they were great hunters and there was a great hunter called Snow Dog who hunted bear so much that his friend By Tor warned him that soon he would make a mistake and a bear would kill him .
Snow Dog would not listen and he hunted bear more and more and one day came across a female bear with two cubs and he knew that it was not the way to kill a bear with cubs it would be a terrible thing and go against the laws laid down by the fore fathers .
But he could not resist the temptation of another kill and so he tracked the great bear and he slayed it .
And as Snow Dog was skinning the dead bear a large shadow cut out the sun on his back and as he turned round he was picked up by a huge white bear and the bear spoke .
“You have done a terrible thing you have left two cubs to fend for themselves and as a harsh winter is on the way and they will surly die and its all because of your thirst for blood and as I hold you now I can crush your neck and you will be dead
But I am going to let you go and live out your blood thirsty life but there is one thing you must do for me , but if you do not I will hunt you down till the end of the earth.
If you do .
I will raise the cubs as my own and you will be welcome into the hunting ground of your fore fathers when you die “
So the great bear told Snow Dog of how before his new life as Bear he was a great chief and many horses and a beautiful wife and owned lots of land
In the Village was a jealous Shaman who put a spell on him and turned him into a bear so he could steal his wife and his land , and now the bear wanted revenge , but the Shaman had made a spell that stopped the bear going to the village and killing the Shaman
He could not leave the forest to seek his revenge .
So he wanted Snow Dog to capture the Shaman and bring him to the bear so he could get his revenge and kill the evil witch doctor
So Snow Dog agreed and he did as the bear said and as the bear was about to kill the Shaman the Shaman cast a spell on Snow Dog for being The Bears ally and taking him to his death
The spell was that he would become a Manitou , which is forever reborn each time he died .He will never rest on the hunting grounds of his fore fathers and he will walk the Earth for eternity.
“So that’s how I have ended up with a Manitou coming out of my back “ said Albert grabbing another Ginger nut and dipping it in his tea .
"So why your back then and not anyone else ?" Kite asked
"You see, I knew Snow Dog in his bear hunting days , my Indian name was By Tor " replied the old man .
“Well I have heard some stories in my time but that’s a cracker , so then how long before with have a sound of little patter of Indian feet then old mother Albert ?”
“Little ! No Snow Dog comes out fully grown “ said the old man .
“Ha , your kidding right ?”
Albert just shook his head .
Four weeks later Albert was a father of a fully grown Indian
I wont go through the details but it was not a pretty sight , but lets say Albert spent three weeks in bed and unable to move with a six foot Indian growing out of his back and had cravings for Ice cream and jellies .
Snow Dog soon got the hang of walking, talking using the toilet and making his Teepee in the back garden and then he was ready to stand on his own two feet.
“So snow Dog what are your plans in this new life that you now have ?” Kite asked .
“Me find a bear and kill it , I hate bears “ he said and walked off into the night .
“Kids these days eh! Boy “ said Albert .