Many centuries ago, there was an Aztec emperor who had a very good and beautiful daughter named Ixtaccihuatl. One day, the emperor received news that his enemies were getting ready to attack his country. So the emperor called the bravest young warriors to his palance and said to them, "Since I am an old man, I cannot fight. So name the bravest warrior to act as head of our Aztec army. If he can conquer our enemies and establish peace in our lands, I shall give him my throne and the hand of my daughter."
"Popo is the bravest and the strongest. He should be our chief," all the warriors shouted, except one.
"Very well. Popocatepetl, you are the cheif," said the emperor. "I know that our gods ae going to help you to be victorious."
Among the warriors there was one who was very jealous of Popocatepetl. He thought that he should have been chosen chief, but he didn't say anything of his thoughts.
No one knew that the princess and Popocatepetl were in love. Before leaving for the war, the young cheif went to the palace garden to say goodbye to his beloved.
"I shall return soon, my beloved, " The young man told the princess. "Then, we shall be married." "Yes, and you will always be by my side, isn't that true?"replied the princess. "That's right. I am going to be by your side forever," said the young man.
With these words, Popocatepetl left for the war, which was long and cruel. No one was as brave as the Aztec chief. Finally, the Aztec warriors were victorious and they all prepared to return to the capital. But the warrior who was jealous of Popcatepetl left first. He ran back so fast that he arrived two days before the others. He immediately announced that Popocatepetl was dead that he himself had been the hero of the last battles. For this reason, he should be the next emperor and the husband of the princess.
The poor princess! She was so sad that she wanted to die. The emperor was also sad because he believed that warrior was telling the truth about Popo.
The following day, there was a great party at the palace to celebrate the wedding of the princess and the jealous warrior. Suddenly, the princess screamed, "Oh, my poor Popocatepetl!" and she dropped dead.
At that moment, the Aztec warriors entered the palace. Popocatepetl ran to the side fo the emperor and announced, "We have won. Now the princess and I can be married." There was a great silence. Everyone looked toward the princess.
On seeing that his beloved was dead, the young man ran weeping to her side. He took her in his arms and said "I will be at your side, my darling, until the end of time."
Then the brave chief sadly carried the body of the princess to the highest mountains. He placed her in a bed of beautiful flowers and sat down by her side.
Many days went by. Finally, one of the good gods changed the sweethearts into volcanoes. "Ixy" is silent. But from time to time, "Popo" trembles and from its heart come tears of fire. Then everyone in Mexico knows that "Popo" is weeping for his beloved princess.
Students: This is an ancient aztec legend from Mexico centered around two mountains. Comment by creating your own short legend about any landmark; in memphis or the world. It can be a love story (like this one), a comedy, a tragedy, with good ending, bad ending, etc. Be creative!
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do it have to be true? like parshily true and a lot false?
ReplyDeleteErin, it must be a real landmark, like the MIssissippi River or the Smoky mountains for example, but it can be a completely false story.
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ReplyDeleteOne day, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, were walking on a rocky road. They were all goofing around ,and then they fell and hit the rocky road. The rocks were very flimsy and when there faces hit the rock, it made a indention of their faces. Later, a man named Gutzon was walking on that same path and he made a mold of the indentions and made them bigger. When he was done, Gutzon put them on a mountain, there creating Mt. Rushmore.
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Mt. McKinley
ReplyDeleteLong ago when the earth full of giants they were in the middle of a war with the biggest giant ever. His nickname is Mt. McKinley. He weighed over 100 tons and reached a total of 20,320 feet. No one would ever dare try to defeat this giant until one day when the beautiful Princess Elizabeth was told she had to be married, or she would never become queen. Lucky for her every male giant in the kingdom was in love with her. So the princess had a contest. Whoever could defeat the great Mt. McKinley would become her husband. Of course then all the giants backed down from the contest except one. Joshua was the second biggest giant in the land but he was only half the size of the great Mt. McKinley. In order to have his bride William had to think up a plan to kill the great giant. One during the battle William put on the opposing sides armors from a dead soldier. When McKinley saw him he didn’t think much of him. William’s plan was working. Then William crept up behind McKinley and cut at his knees with his sword so that they locked and he couldn’t move. Then William came in front of him and showed his face to the great McKinley. McKinley was furious when he saw him and before he could do anything William killed him. When the princess heard of the victory she jumped with joy and the next she and William were married.
Over the years Mt. McKinley transformed into a mountain, now all he can do his stand there.
wow- very impressive girls! Those are both great stories!
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ReplyDeleteThere once was a giant named St.George with a wife named Helen. One day he was taking a walk and he stepped in a big mountain and made a huge whole. While his foot was stuck in the mountain, blood started gushing out and made a big puddle in the mountain. Then it erupted all his blood and is now called Mt. Saint Helens. You can visit this place today!!!
ReplyDeleteBefore the Grand Canyon was created along time ago there was a war between the French and the Spanish to see who could claim the land.They used guns,swords and they used this HUGE boulder with a big slingshot.But the Spanish didn't know that there slingshot didn't work as well as they planned it to because they never tested it out.As they were all fighting across from each other of the land the Spanish tried their huge boulder with a slingshot it took a while because it was so heavy but the finally got it.But all that hard work was for nothing because once the pulled the slingshot and let it go the boulder went straight down on the river creating a huge THUMP!What happend was there boulder went completely down to the ground leaving a huge space.The walls were bigger and that's how the Grand Canyon got there.
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Muy bien, damas. Very creative! Evie, I never thought of a volcano as "bleeding". =)
ReplyDeleteLong before the rivers were formed, a Goddess known throughout the world cried great tears of joy as she saw her two warrior sons return from war not only with her beloved husband, who was a God, but her daughter who strengths equaled that of the boys. As the Goddess gushed tears of joy, it made a river of water, swift, strong and powerful. You can see these tears of joy today, as it is the Mississippi River.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Hawaii. I want to tell you about a special volcano. Its name is Mount Kilauea. Once there was a little girl named Kilauea. She said she was going to dig to the center of the earth. Her parents and friends told her not to even bother trying, but she did any ways. She dug for months. She never got to the center. About ten years later she heard about a volcano eruption near her house. Her house was fine, but she wanted to know more about the volcano. She tried climbing it. It was really hot, but she kept going. Before she even got to the part of the volcano where the temp. is so high you can burn to death the volcano started to break, and she fell in. That is how it got its name.
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The Mississippi River was created by a huge earthquake the world has ever seen.It was just a crack in the middle of the US but there were huge aftershocks it made the crack bigger and bigger .The earthquake was so big that it changed the climate up north and it was a cold but when it was summer it got warm.It got water in the huge crack and it's known as the Mississippi River.
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ReplyDeleteOne day there was a big monster. Everyone called him big foot. One day he went into the forest and got mad because of a chicken tring to cross the road. He got so mad he stomped witch made a hole. He also cried and filled up the hole with his tears and this formation looked like a like. It also was shaped like a huge foot. Then it was named Real Foot Lake
The Mississippi River Was formed by a huge meteor hitting earth's surface. When it hit, the meteor went so deep, it hit a huge underground stream, realeasing it into the crater now known as the Mississippi River. The river was lengthened by earthquakes,and became less wide because more ground came in where the meteor had struck.
ReplyDeleteOne day a giant was walking along a valley but it was so fat that when it walked it pressed up some mountains they came to be known as the Rocky Mountains.
ReplyDeleteLong ago there was a giant named Colorado. He was the king of all the giants. One day there was a war between the blue giants and the green giants. This war went on for years. The giants who were not soldiers thought it was cool. The king wanted peace because of all the deaths of his people. He decided to make a crake between them, but the people were mad at him because they liked it. King Colorado started to cry and made the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
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ReplyDeleteOnce, in a land far, far away, a little girl named Savannah was playing outside in the warm sun outside her father's farm. Suddenly, a boy about her age approaches her to say hi. As they become great friends, Adam begins to fall in love with Savannah but never tells her. One day, she stared at the sun too long and became blind. As Olivia grew to be a young adult, she thought that she was worthless to the world and locked herself in a tower. Her father began to be so worried that he promised the marriage to whomever could find her. After Adam hears this, he sets out to find her. After a long, hard year he finally finds her just to see that she isn't there. He goes back to her father to see if someone had found her, but no one had. A few years later, he was following a herd of deer and saw a big black bag so he went to see what it was. In the bag was one of the people also looking for Savannah, dead. He immediate left because it scared him so. As he turned around a bullet went into his left shoulder. He turned around just to see that it had been by Savannah. It turned out that the she killed the person that saved her and had been living in the middle of nowhere looking for home. By the time they were able to get Adam to the hospital he was almost dead from blood loss and didn't make it. As her heart broke it made a huge crack in Arizona and her tears made a river.
During the ice age their was a giant meteor who wanted to be known.So he decided to fall from space,and hit modern day Oregon.It left a huge crater. One day the ice started to melt and it ran down into the massive ditch and filled it up which formed a famous tourists attraction for those around the world. The meteor was so happy because he was finally famous and called himself Crater Lake.
ReplyDeleteA great game at the Fed-Ex Form, turns into a gun firing nightmare. the Grizzlies make a huge come back and take the game from the Los Angeles Lakers. fans are going crazy from both teams. The Laker fans were saying offensive things to the Grizz fans. One Laker fan with a gun got so mad that he started to shoot at the Grizz fans. He had hit a bunch of people and some of Laker fans by accident too. The cops chase him outside of the arena. He was later arrested for murder. The next year when the two teams meet again, the Grizzlies beat the Lakers by 50 points. there was no fighting that year because all of the Laker fans had left before the game had even ended. So now the Fed-Ex Form is known through out the country to be a famous arena. The End
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