Itzak the Rainbow Beaver

Itzak the Rainbow Beaver
by
Robin Hall

Most everyone loves rainbows and most everyone also loves beavers even if they never met one. This is why.

A long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time ago there were no rainbows. There were no beavers either. Then along came rain, but no rainbows and somewhat later along came beavers. Well, beavers are partial to wood as you know. They eat some and use some in building their dams. Of course dams like the Hoover dam were not made by beavers. They are usually built by people out of concrete not by beavers out of wood.

Anyway, one day a little tiny baby beaver named Itzak was chewing on a small tree. The rain had started coming down AND there was sun too. When that happened Itzak was startled and he bit too hard on the tree. Since he only had baby teeth when he bit the tree it hurt his teeth and he began to cry and cry.

The GREAT SPIRIT asked little Itzak what the matter was. Itzak said, “I hurt my teeth when the sun came out and it was raining. That had never happened before.” The GREAT SPIRIT spread his giant wings across the whole valley. Each feather was a different color. Then little Itzak stopped crying. He smiled. Then he laughed out loud.

The GREAT SPIRIT saw how happy little Itzak became and from then on when children of any age anywhere are hurt or just want to smile or laugh, the GREAT SPIRIT sends us a rainbow to see or remember and we have little Itzak and the GREAT SPIRIT to thank. Lets all remember to do just this the next time we need our own rainbow.