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nêhiyawak · Cree

One eye open

He teaches the geese a dance that asks them not to look. One of them looks.

Canada geese lifting off a dark lake at dusk, one looking back toward a small fire on the far shore.

In many nations these are winter stories — aadizookaanan — told when the snow is down and the thunder beings are resting. If that is your protocol, wait. This page will still be here.

was hungry, which is how a lot of his trouble starts. A flock of had settled on the water. He called over in a friendly voice. He had a new dance, he said. It had to be done with the eyes closed, or it would not work.

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