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    Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

    Bear and Turtle Have a Race A Mohawk Folktale

    Nov 01, 2019 3 minutes
    retold by Pat Betteley
    illustrated by Lisa Fields

    Winter came early that year, and the ice was frozen on all the ponds. Bear walked through the woods, feeling grumpy. In those days, he had not yet learned that it was wiser to sleep through the White Season. He stopped at the edge of a great pond. He began to do his favorite thing in the world—brag about himself.

    “I am Okwari, the mighty. I am the strongest animal in the forest.” The woodland creatures did not like to agree with

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