It was long long ago when there were only a few people living on earth. For six straight months there was no rain, only sun. Each day that passed, trees would die left and right. Every morning the people would get up just as the sun was rising, and still NO rain. And fewer trees would be seen as they looked out the window. Families were so disgusted with the weather they even moved away. At that time there were only thirteen villages and only two cities on earth. Most families lived in the villages because they thought that the city was too much to handle for them. Only one family moved to the city. Even the animals were sad. Before, they would wake up to bright happy mornings with birds soaring in the air and love songs being sung. But now they only woke up to quiet, lonely, and sad mornings.

The village elders were getting really concerned because the people finally started leaving their own villages. And they felt very ashamed, and very embarrassed. So they wrote a letter to all the people inviting them to a meeting. During this meeting someone said she had found some seeds that could bring the trees back to life. So they decided to plant the seeds. After they thought all the animals were gone from the area they threw the seeds all over the area and splashed water on it. And within ten days they had a forest of trees.

But something very wrong happened. A funny looking moose came out of the forest and ran up to the people. He was really surprised to see that he had little trees growing on his head. Somehow some of the seeds must have been planted on top of his head. The people were puzzled as to what to call them and they thought and thought about it for many days. Finally an old woman told the people to call them antlers. And so that moose got its antlers.

By: Maureen Fitka