Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn
A Tennessee Tall Tale
retold by
S.E. Schlosser
One winter, it was so cold that the dawn froze solid. The sun got caught between two ice blocks, and the earth iced up so much that it couldn't turn. The first rays of sunlight froze halfway over the mountain tops. They looked like yellow icicles dripping towards the ground.
Now Davy Crockett was headed home after a successful night hunting when the dawn froze up so solid. Being a smart man, he knew he had to do something quick or the earth was a goner. He had a freshly killed bear on his back, so he whipped it off, climbed right up on those rays of sunlight and began beating the hot bear carcass against the ice blocks which were squashing the sun. Soon a gush of hot oil burst out of the bear and it melted the ice. Davy gave the sun a good hard kick to get it started, and the sun's heat unfroze the earth and started it spinning again. So Davy lit his pipe on the sun, shouldered the bear, slid himself down the sun rays before they melted and took a bit of sunrise home in his pocket.
You can read more Tennessee folktales in Spooky South by S.E. Schlosser.
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cute story i loved it !!!!!
Posted by: ashton | September 3, 2010 09:00 AM
cool
Posted by: Anonymous | September 21, 2010 03:49 PM
nice story.
Posted by: bill | September 23, 2010 09:55 AM
Nice story - makes me think well of my ancestor XD
Posted by: AL-Crockett | September 29, 2010 01:05 AM
amazing
Posted by: Anonymous | September 29, 2010 01:50 PM
love it
Posted by: jd | October 6, 2010 09:41 AM
good story reminds me of the ice age
Posted by: tony | October 18, 2010 09:55 AM
good
Posted by: Anonymous | October 26, 2010 11:18 AM
huh thats a weird story : )
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Posted by: Ke$h@ | November 1, 2010 09:58 PM
Awesome. I love folklore.
Posted by: John | November 22, 2010 03:37 PM
cool
Posted by: Anonymous | November 23, 2010 11:27 AM
it was cute and short
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Posted by: Anonymous | December 15, 2010 12:06 PM
Weird, nice though.
Posted by: Courtney | December 21, 2010 05:46 PM
i loved your story so much.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 21, 2011 09:20 AM
Davyyy,Davy Crocket,the man who don't drink beer!XD
Sorry...had to.
Nice story.
Posted by: Ultima | February 3, 2011 10:54 AM
cool
Posted by: Anonymous | March 10, 2011 11:05 AM
cool
Posted by: taylor | March 10, 2011 11:09 AM
it was a great story
Posted by: Anonymous | March 15, 2011 12:08 PM
wow, this person had a VERY big imagination!! hahaha, i loved it.
Posted by: cantavious | March 17, 2011 10:12 AM
i loved it
Posted by: loo | March 28, 2011 11:44 AM
Good story
Posted by: Anonymous | May 4, 2011 11:19 AM
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Posted by: jazmine | May 26, 2011 09:35 AM
very good
Posted by: Anonymous | May 26, 2011 09:36 AM
very different but i liked it. Davy Crockett
Posted by: anonymous | June 13, 2011 10:02 AM
i love it! it's awesome!
Posted by: Joyce Oh | July 23, 2011 05:57 PM