Firedancers

Description

“What is it| Noko?” Grandmother does not answer.
Somehow| I feel that we are being watched and she knows what is there.
“I will go and see what it might be.” And then I add| “I’ll be careful.” Although I try to sound brave| I don’t want to go into the dark corner where the fire does not glow.
I remind myself that I have been in the woods many times and was never afraid before.
I walk toward the huge white pine that hides what could be there.
Again| I feel a wind tapping my back.
I look behind me.
There is nothing.
As night sets in and the fire crackles| a young native girl is amazed when he grandmother invokes the spirits of their ancestors.
She learn the mystical firedance and creates a bond with her people and their heritage that will last a lifetime.