"A
long time ago, the raven looked down from the sky and saw that the
people of the world were living in darkness.
The
ball of light was kept hidden by a selfish old chief.
So
the raven turned himself into a spruce needle and floated on the river
where the chief's daughter came for water.
She
drank the spruce needle.
She
became pregnant and gave birth to a boy, who was the raven in disguise.
The
baby cried and cried until the chief gave him the ball of light to
play with.
As
soon as he had the light, the raven turned back into himself.
The
raven carried the light into the sky.
From
then on, we no longer lived in darkness."
Marilyn tells the story of Christmas and the Raven story.
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