Interview · North Dakota · Catherine Howard · NDNAEU 2 · NDNAEU 4
Themes: Land & stewardship, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Children & young people
Learn About questions
What type of stories are “The Rabbit and the Turtle” and “The Frog and the Turtle?”
How do stories like these help us to learn about life?
Learn From questions
In the story about the rabbit and the turtle, which character do I identify most with and why?
Can I think of a time when I was like the rabbit? The turtle?
Who in my own life tends to tell stories like these? What do I remember most about him or her?
Transcripts
Rabbit & Turtle Story with Catherine Howard
Watch this interview on YouTubeMany years ago mommy’s on my mom told me I think my mom and my aunt I told me anyway there was a wrap a rabbit and a turtle that turtle that rabbit was sleeping and that turtle was coming by and they were going to they both start talking is that turtle looked he said that rabbit asked the turtle he said you’re on a race that Turlough you pay attention to the rabbit he was leaning he had it laying there with his eyes closed come on he said I’ll have a race to walk across the road over he said she was the first one gets arena that turtle would kept on board I’d rabbit didn’t want to go all right let’s go ahead and he’s a boy they took out boy he fast I totally went under a car came around over that rabbit that turtle was go see I told her when you go fast you know where you get yourself as I tell that to the kids in it oh okay i’m slowing down you wanna get runned over 101 Auslan so they did they go by that you know how some pot caution on mice teacher now you don’t be impatient on mice teeccino so they do their work and they go okay anybody want to be much teaching every year anything but gosh nah they all put their hands up there but caution so there is a lot of you know like top turd ah a turtle and nom was it a turn a frog and turtle or a frog was sitting on room I can’t tell I think it was a frog that was sitting and then I turn a turtle enough frog were sitting there visiting talking about the weather she look like it’s going to be rain is the ya tashi said cousin is that it’s going to rain it so what should we do well we better go in before we get to it they both went in the water I guess when I doubt that to my Sunnah God
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