A Native Polar.

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A Native Polar

(Based on the film brother bear)

It was a very bitter morning in a native part of America. The snow was covering the tops of most of the mountains and there was no sound in the air because many of the birds had migrated to get some warm weather elsewhere. A young boy, Toku, and his brother were walking through the woods to the lake to catch their breakfast - fish. They caught many fish, big and small, for them and the rest of their tribe, and decided to hang the basket fall of them on a tree branch while they went for a wash in the lake. The tribe that the boys belonged to were a tribe that believed once you had died your soul would be lifted to the spirits and that's where you would stay - in peace with not only humans but animals also.

However Toku had not tied the basket to the branch very well and after a while it fell to the ground, leaving all the fish scattered every where and jumping around trying to stay alive, like a mini firework display. Soon after Toku's other brother came along to join them, however he stopped and saw that all of the fish had been taken and next to it was a paw print that was fresh and deep into the ground. The brother shouted at his brothers and told them to get out of the water. As the two brothers approached the eldest they could see he was very angry and so they started to panic. Soon enough the brothers had learnt that a bear had eaten their fish that was on the ground, they could tell by the paw print on the mud. Both of the brothers blamed Toku, as he was the one who didn't tie the basket right. Therefore, Toku decided that he would go after the bear and retrieve the basket that they had all made themselves and maybe retrieve some, if not most of the fish they had caught earlier that morning. So of he went following the bears footprints along with his spear in his right hand, however little did Toku know that his eldest brother was following him (to make sure he was safe) and that also that this bear was no ordinary bear, it was a polar bear, much more ferocious and more powerful than any normal bear.

Toku followed the prints as they led up to the cold, icy mountaintops. He started to worry a bit as many men had died up here from the cold or from the avalanches that happen frequently, however he was determined to get the basket and fish back just to prove his brothers wrong. He couldn't feel his hands nor feet, and his nose was red like a rose. When he finally got to the top, Toku could see the bear sitting eating away at the fish. He was shocked to find out it was a polar bear, but that didn't stop him and so he tiptoed quietly towards it anyway. However the polar sensed Toku and started to chase towards him. Toku started to run away from the charging bear but the bear was too fast and caught up with him, made him fall to the floor and was just about to step on him when all of a sudden a stone hit the bears face. Both the bear and Toku looked in the direction of where the stone had come from. There standing was Toku's brother, with a smile on his face, proud of himself for saving his younger brother and doing his job as a like father. This made the bear groan loudly and become very angry and change his direction to his predator. The bear chased him to the edge of the mountain, however the bear skidded on the ice and pushed itself and Toku's brother of the edge. Toku ran to the edge just in time to see where the bear and his brother landed - it was in a river. Toku waited for his brother to rise to the surface, but only the bear did. Toku ran down the mountain as fast as he could, cutting and bruising himself the whole way. As he reached the bottom of the mountain he jumped into the river made by the melting ice, and very shallow desperately searching for his brother. Toku was pushing the water away from him so he could try and move faster but he was getting tied, then all of a sudden he saw the thing his mind was telling him he wouldn't hopefully see - it was the body of his dead brother. Toku collapsed into the water crying and screaming of guilt and disgrace and also his body full with anger and revenge.
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So the body was taken back to the village where they had the funeral the same day. They all built a coffin from the trees and set it out on the river, where they believed his body would have a long journey to happiness. However little did Toku and his other brother, Tinga, know that their brother had been turned into a majestic eagle so that he could use his flight to soar over his brothers, as he new this was his task in life.

After they had set the body down the river, Toku, because he ...

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