Week 10 Reading Notes Tejas Legends Part A: Why the Woodpecker Pecks

Tejas Legends unit. Story source: When the Storm God Rides: Tejas and Other Indian Legends: Why the Woodpecker Pecks retold by Florence Stratton and illustrated by Berniece Burrough (1936).

I enjoyed this story a lot and thought it would be interesting to re-tell. 

I think I want to keep the story basically the same but switch it to first person. 

So we'll still have a small introduction to explain why and how all the Indians got into the mescal they weren't supposed to and then we'll wake up through the mother's eyes and follow her as she begs for her child back. This could be super heart wrenching! I'm excited!

(Woodpecker: Image Source)