BLUEBIRDS AND ROBINS 



They wanted her to rub their heads. 



The spiders spun lace for her. 



But she loved the birds most of all. 



The robins came first and then the bluebirds. 



One night she called to them : 



" Brothers! Brothers! the time has come. I 

 need you." 



Her face shone like a star. 



" I am going home," she said. 



" Come with me part of the way." 



She rubbed earth on the breast of each. 



This was a sign that they should return to the 

 earth. 



The South Wind carried her on high. 



The sun shone on the breasts of the birds. 



The moist earth thus became brick red. 



u Now you must return," said Wenonah. 



" Wear forever the red earth color, Robin ! " 



Then she rubbed the rusty feathers on the 

 bluebird's back. 



They became blue as the sky. 



"Dear, dear bluebird," she said. 



" Carry on your shoulders the blue color of 

 my new home. 



" You shall be the spring sign of your Earth 

 Mother. 



