One there was a little Indian girl named Small Bird.  She lived in the mountains with her tribe.  But one day, her tribe could find no more bears or deer so the went searching for them.  They put their belongings on their dogs and went down the mountain.  But as they we coming down, there was a rockslide and half the tribe was trapped.  The tribe prayed for the Great Spirit to help them but he couldn't find them so he couldn't help them.  
           Small Bird was a very good climber, so the tribe told her to climb to the top of the mountain and pray for the Great Spirit to help them.  Small Bird did as she was told.
           The Great Spirit came out of the clouds holding a creature Small Bird had never seen before.  It had small horns on the top of its head, long deep brown fur, eyes as blue as the sky, hoofs made for climbing, and ears that stuck straight up.  Small Bird gasped in amazement.
            Suddenly, hundreds of these climbing deer came out of the sky.  The brown one picked up Small Bird as they raced down the mountain.  They leapt over crevices and ditches.  They climbed down inch wide ledges with amazing speed.  Finally, they made it to the tribe.
            When they got there, the climbing deer started bashing the rocks that trapped the Indians with their horns.  Soon, the rocks had turned to dust and the Indians were free.  They thanked the climbing deer and asked them if they could come with them.  The dark brown climbing deer shook her head and told them that they belonged to the mountain and the Great Spirit.
             Today we know climbing deer as goats.  Some still live in the mountains, but most are used as pets or livestock.  But all of them are descended from the climbing deer that rescued the Indians.

                                                          Danika Kritter (age 9)