Origin of Strawberries

When the first man was created and a mate
was given to him, they lived together very
happily for a time, but then began to quarrel,
until at last the woman left her husband and
started off toward the Sun land, in the east.
The man followed alone and grieving, but the
woman kept on steadily ahead and never looked
behind, until the great Apportioner (the Sun),
took pity on the man and asked him if he was still
angry with his wife. He said he was not,
and the Sun then asked him if he would
like to have her back again, to which he eagerly
answered yes. So the Sun caused a patch of
the finest ripe huckleberries to spring up
along the path in front of the woman, but she
passed by without paying any attention to them.
Farther on he put a clump of blackberries, but
these also she refused to notice. Other fruits,
one, two, and three, and then some trees covered
with beautiful red service berries were placed
beside the path to tempt her, but she still went
on until suddenly she saw in front a patch of
large ripe strawberries, the first ever known.
She stooped to gather a few to eat, and as she picked
them she chanced to turn her face to the west,
and at once the memory of her husband came
back to her and she found herself unable
to go on. She sat down, but the longer she
waited the stronger became her desire for her
husband, and at last she gathered a bunch of the
finest berries and started back along the path to
give them to him. He met her kindly and they went
home together.


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