In the beginning, there was no fire. The world was cold, until a lightening bolt put fire into the bottom of a hollow sycamore tree which grew on an island. The animals knew it was there by the smoke it created & held a council to decide what to do. The water spider offered, but the animals laughed

at her tiny size with so many legs & eyes was comical to them. Instead, the first chosen to try & retrieve the fire was Raven because he was large, fast & strong. He flew across the water, but upon landing on a branch of the sycamore the heat turned his feathers black, his voice hoarse. Blinded from