Reading Notes, British North America :Part A

These notes are over the story "Why the Sun is Bright", one of the stories in the British North America Tales. 

The story starts with a whole village moving away from its home because they were angry with one boy.  This seems like a lot of work to me over being angry, but kept reading to see what happens next.  The boy was left alone in the village with his grandma and soon they began to starve.  She told him to go snare small animals, and shoot the birds for food.  The grandma cooked the animals and made the boy a bright coat from their fur that he wore when he went to spear fish. 

The sun saw the boy everyday in his bright robe and one day came to the boy dressed in a goatskin robe with fringe and asked him if he would trade.  At first the boy said no, but then the sun said that with his robe, the boy would be able to catch more fish than he could ever spear.  He then placed his fingers in the water and immediately fish were caught on the fringe of the robe.  The boy exchanged robes after that.  Before this, the sun was pale.  But now with the new bright coat he became bright and dazzling and people could no longer look at him. 

Bibliography: Why the Sun is Bright from Myths and Legends of British North America written by Katharine Berry Judson. 

The Bright Sun. Web Source.