Post by Okwes on Apr 14, 2008 13:38:22 GMT -5
Grasshopper and Cricket - Yaqui
THE CRICKET invited the grasshopper, saying, "Let's go over to that banquet.
We will see lots of wine. I'll get you some wine to drink and then we can
ride horseback all night long through the monte singing."
"Well, let's go," said the grasshopper, and they went to the banquet.
The cricket said to the grasshopper, "Sit down here on this little stick. I
am going to get you some wine." The cricket went over to where they were
serving wine and jumped into a cup of it. The Chief saw the cricket in the
cup and threw the wine over toward the grasshopper. He bathed the
grasshopper in wine.
"Good, isn't it?" asked the cricket.
"Delicious," answered the grasshopper.
Together they went away. They encountered a lion who was lying down. They
climbed up on top of him, singing. The lion, who was angry at being
disturbed, got up and walked away, trying to get away from the sound of the
singing. But the cricket and the grasshopper climbed out on the end of the
lion's tail and sang all night long as the lion walked about.
Finally the lion got tired of the singing and switched his tail and threw
off the grasshopper and the cricket and he went away into the monte to lie
down for a rest.
The old Yaquis say that now the lion keeps his distance from the grasshopper
and the cricket. He hides in places where there is no chik chik chik to
disturb his sleep.
Yaqui Myths and Legends, by Ruth Warner Giddings; Illustrated by Laurie
Cook; University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ (Univ. Ariz. Anthropological
Paper No. 2) [1959] [1959, Copyright not registered or renewed] and is now
in the public domain.
THE CRICKET invited the grasshopper, saying, "Let's go over to that banquet.
We will see lots of wine. I'll get you some wine to drink and then we can
ride horseback all night long through the monte singing."
"Well, let's go," said the grasshopper, and they went to the banquet.
The cricket said to the grasshopper, "Sit down here on this little stick. I
am going to get you some wine." The cricket went over to where they were
serving wine and jumped into a cup of it. The Chief saw the cricket in the
cup and threw the wine over toward the grasshopper. He bathed the
grasshopper in wine.
"Good, isn't it?" asked the cricket.
"Delicious," answered the grasshopper.
Together they went away. They encountered a lion who was lying down. They
climbed up on top of him, singing. The lion, who was angry at being
disturbed, got up and walked away, trying to get away from the sound of the
singing. But the cricket and the grasshopper climbed out on the end of the
lion's tail and sang all night long as the lion walked about.
Finally the lion got tired of the singing and switched his tail and threw
off the grasshopper and the cricket and he went away into the monte to lie
down for a rest.
The old Yaquis say that now the lion keeps his distance from the grasshopper
and the cricket. He hides in places where there is no chik chik chik to
disturb his sleep.
Yaqui Myths and Legends, by Ruth Warner Giddings; Illustrated by Laurie
Cook; University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ (Univ. Ariz. Anthropological
Paper No. 2) [1959] [1959, Copyright not registered or renewed] and is now
in the public domain.