The Miscreation: A Constellation

The Miscreation: A Constellation

Many people look into the sky at night to look at the stars. Since ancient history, people have been able to make shapes from the heavenly bodies such as the Big Dipper or Scorpio. Each one of these shapes can be seen at different times of the year, and have stories that go along with them. Most of these stories come from Greek mythology, but not everyone knows about the Miscreation.

In the midst of a massive grassland lived a Native American tribe known as The Brave Ones. The Brave Ones were given this name, because none of them, not even their children ever seemed to be afraid. No massive creature or natural disaster would ever cause a hint of fear to show in their face, and they were bold enough to face

This creature had the head of a bear, with very large fangs, and horns on its forehead that resembled the buffalos the Brave Ones would hunt. It had the body of a wolf, with long, shaggy fur. For the creatures front legs were the paws and sharp claws of the cougars that would terrorize their homes. It’s back legs resembled a hawks, and along it’s smooth back were wings that spread several feet to match. The Brave Ones really didn’t know much about this Miscreation, as they came to call it, because none of them had ever approached it, but all had seen it, lurking around on the top of the mountain that overlooked their tribe. They all knew it lived in cave in the mountain side. But since that was all they knew, the tribe would make assumptions about it, such as “Since its features resemble those of the creatures that have killed many of our people, it must actually eat people!” Yes, bears, cougars, and wolves had killed many of the Brave Ones, and because of this, the Brave Ones were afraid. They were very prideful, and would not admit to anyone that this creature created fear in them. But the Miscreation, was something that scared them because nobody knew alot about it, and sometimes as normal people, the things that scare us the most are the things we don’t know about, such as the future or even death. The Brave Ones had defended themselves from bears, wolves, and cougars for hundreds of

The Miscreation scared everyone deep inside, and he sensed this. One day he proclaimed to the whole tribe, “ We should go up into the creatures cavern, and kill this horrible beast to prove that we truly are Brave Ones!” All of the people agreed . Early the next morning, some men took their bows, arrows, spears and all the other weapons that they could find. They were going to kill the Miscreation, in honor of their pride. It was very misty that morning, and all twenty of the strongest and bravest warriors that came along were having a very hard time seeing. This made them all somewhat a little afraid, but they dared not to say anything to each other so they weren’t seen as a coward. On the trail up the mountain, was a place where the road seemed to sink into the mountain as if there was a small valley. The cliffs of the valley into middle reached to about twenty feet. As they climbed higher, the fog became worse. All of a sudden, the mountain seemed to roar and shake. It was too late for them to run because a giant avalanche of rock and boulder fell in their way, blocking off the way of escape, and the way of entry. The men were trapped, and the ones not injured by the mass of rocks could not climb to the top of the cliffs either. Every man on that trail heart began to beat furiously. The men hated admitting this to themselves, so they plainly ignored it, but in this circumstance they were all faced