The Hidden One: A Native American Legend
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
[Content Warning: This story contains imagery of violence and physical abuse.]
Tonight’s bedtime story is a gentle reading of a beautiful Native American Legend called The Hidden One which is included in the “Gifts of Story” series of storytelling by Aaron Shepard. This lovely legend is a Native American version of Cinderella. Instead of background music, this story has soothing crackling fire sounds in the background to help enhance the feeling of cozy storytelling relaxation as you listen. The sounds continue after the story ends for a few extra seconds and then they gently fade away as you drift off 🙏🏻 So settle in under the covers and snuggle up tight...sweet dreamzzz and good night!
Story Attribution:
I am so grateful to Aaron Shepard and his beautiful adaptation of this Canadian Native American Tale which has been made available in his Gifts of Story Series http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling
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| 0:44.0 | Tonight's bedtime story is a beautiful tale retold by storyteller Aaron Shepard, |
| 0:51.0 | a Canadian Native American version of Cinderella called the Hidden One. |
| 0:58.0 | Because this is a shorter story, I decided to tell it twice to help give you a bit more time to get sleepy as you listen. |
| 1:07.0 | So settle in under the covers and snuggle up tight, sweet dreams and good night. |
| 1:22.0 | A long time ago in a village by a lake, there lived a great hunter who was invisible. |
| 1:30.0 | He was called the Hidden One. |
| 1:33.0 | It was known that any young woman who could see him would become his bride. |
| 1:39.0 | Many were hopeful young women who visited his wigwam at the far end of the village. |
| 1:46.0 | Each was tested by the hunter's sister who was called the patient one by years past and none succeeded. |
| 1:56.0 | In the same village lived two sisters who had lost their mother. |
| 2:02.0 | The younger sister had a good heart, but the older one was jealous and cruel. |
| 2:09.0 | While their father was out hunting, the older sister would torment the younger one, holding her down and burning her arms and face with sticks from the fire. |
| 2:21.0 | Don't you dare tell our father, she would say. Our next time will be worse. |
| 2:28.0 | When the father came home, he would ask and dismay, why is she burnt again? The older sister would answer. |
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