Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

At dawn's early light, voices of harmonious quality flowed throughout the wooded fields. The source, not from the birds of the forest, came from the only village within that area of wilderness. However no soul could be seen within the village houses, for they all were at Church. The chorus consisted of every member of the society, even the elders and youths were within the group. The quality of their melody was so rich as if God bestowed his voice upon them. They sang with much vigor since it was today in which the neighboring Indian chieftain would visit them to celebrate the end of the harvest.

Amidst all this glorification of God, one man was not at hand. This one man called Theodore was the supposedly unfaithful Christian who stayed secluded from the townsfolk. No one blames him for his isolation since he lost his loved ones in the earlier days when there were such things as Indian raids. His broken heart forced him to hate the Puritan cause of trying to Christianize the Indians. The Puritans undying love for the earth to be pure in the holy faith led to their clash with the Indians in earlier times. No one now knows what he eats or where his baffling night travels end; many a people reported they have seen him in his hooded cloak wandering into the woods. Some believe his wanderings end in witchcraft or even in conversation with the local Indians.

His disappearance from the Sunday prayers did not hinder the joy of the harvest since he rarely came to Sunday mass. That day after the chorus session, children did not have their faces paled with obedience but instead flushed with pies of splendid taste. No one was seen to be pelted with any type of sadness nor were any of them stopping themselves from enjoyment.

Drumming could be heard in the near distance. That sound was the signal of the Indians approach. They could be seen carrying packages wrapped in giant leaves, probably corn to rejoice the annual harvest. The tribal chief leading the procession was greeted by the minister and was given the seat of honor. However one curious aspect was still not noticed, there was only a few of Indians attending the feast. The majority of the tribe was not present. Nevertheless the supper