Peace Steemians,
Fear won’t release you to be the great man, the great woman, the great child, the great thinker.
In China
The parents of Mahei and Manui cut down a huge tree. They hollowed out the inside of the tree trunk, leaving just a shell. They put the two children inside it with some food and a knife.
They covered the ends of the tree trunk with cow skin and fixed some bells to the tree on the outside. The parents told the children not to come out until the flood had gone.
When the flood came, the tree trunk floated on the water with the children safely inside it. After a long time, the children heard the bells ringing. This told them that they were safely on the ground at last. They cut a hole in the cow skin and came out. They were the only people to survive the great flood.
In Peru
A farmer was looking after his llamas. These animals provide meat, and fur to make warm clothes. One month before the flood came, the llamas seemed very sad. They watched the stars at night and stopped eating.
The farmer asked them what was wrong. They said the stars showed that a great flood was coming.
The farmer took his six children, the llamas and all the food he could carry.
He went to the top of the highest mountain. As the flood water got higher, the mountain got higher too. When the flood water went down, the mountain returned to its usual size. The farmer and his children were the only human survivors of the great flood.
