Short Story Of Billie Wind

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“‘Billie Wind.’ The medicine man was speaking.’ May I have your attention?’’’(1). The Seminole council asked Billie Wind what she thought her punishment should be for not believing in the Seminole legends. Billie responds by saying, “‘ I think, ‘ she said with dignity,’ that I should go into the pa-hay-okee, the Everglades, where these spirits dwell, and stay until I hear the animals talk, see the serpent and meet the little people who live underground’’’(3). To Billie’s surprise, the council agreed with her punishment. Billie’s science mindset was pulling her away from believing in the Seminole legends. She needs to break through her science way of thinking in order to understand the legends. Billie Wind explores the complications of