Haida Legend How the Fox Turned Orange Ý Written and Illustrated by Kaitlin, Grade 4 IT Ý ÝÝÝ Once upon a time there lived a fox. She was very different from the other foxes because she was brown. She was always sad because she had no friends because of her colour. So one day she asked if she could play with the other foxes, but they said that the game was only for orange foxes! Well she did not like being with the other foxes if they wouldn't play with her. So instead of playing with the foxes she would look for someone else to play with. After a couple of minutes she saw a brown bear and asked if she could play with him.
Ý Brown Bear said, "Sure you can. You're brown and so am I, but even if you were orange you could still play with me."
ÝÝÝÝ "Really?" said fox. "You mean it?"
ÝÝÝÝ "I mean it!" said Brown Bear."
ÝÝÝÝ "Actually, I have an idea to make you turn orange!" said Brown Bear. "You have to roll in the mud, wash yourself in water and lay in the sun for one hour."
ÝÝÝÝ "Eeeewww! I have to roll in the mud and get all wet and lay in the sun for that long! Ah well, if it works then I will be happy." said fox.
ÝÝÝÝ So she did what Brown Bear said to do and she went to lie in the sun. She waited and waited and waited and finally she turned orange.
ÝÝÝÝ "I'm orange! I'm orange! I'm really orange!" she yelled.
ÝÝÝÝ Then the other foxes played with her and she thanked Brown Bear for helping her. This was how orange fox got her color. Ý