World was new-creator made a man and a woman-they married.
Man came home from hunting-woman did not prepare meal-she was picking flowers.
Man was angry-wife became angry too and she left him walking toward the sun.
The husband could not catch her. The sun saw how sorry the man was and took
pity on him. Sun said he would help the man. The sun showed light upon
raspberries-woman paid no attention to them. Sun tried again and blue berries
showed-woman still did not pay attention. Sun tried again-blackberries
grew-woman was still angry and kept walking west. Sun tried again-strawberries
appeared in front of the woman-she finally stopped. She knelt down and took a
bite of one-she never had one before-it was sweet and good-the happiness
reminded her of how her husband and her were once happy-she picked the berries
for her husband. The man caught up to her-asked for forgiveness-she shared the
strawberries. Strawberries came into the world-when the Cherokee eat
strawberries they remember to always be kind to each other and be kind and
respectful of one another.
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