Magic Words - Nalungiaq

[Larry Robinson]

Magic Words

In the very earliest time, 
when both people and animals lived on earth, 
a person could become an animal if he wanted to 
and an animal could become a human being. 
Sometimes they were people 
and sometimes animals 
and there was no difference. 
All spoke the same language. 
That was the time when words were like magic. 
The human mind had mysterious powers. 
A word spoken by chance 
might have strange consequences. 
It would suddenly come alive 
and what people wanted to happen could happen --
all you had to do was say it. 
Nobody can explain this: 
That's the way it was.

	- Nalungiaq

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