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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Three Tales[/i] [br]The Summer of 1735 Maggie stands in the doorway of her one room log house, surveying the world around her. In the last eight years, close to thirty acres have been cleared by hand, and a few outbuildings constructed besides the house. She can see her husband driving the team of horses in from the back field, the plowing done for the day. Her oldest son is bringing in the six Scottish cows from the orchard to be milked. her daughter is at the hearth checking the bread to see if it is done for supper. And the two youngest boys are in the yard playing. “Michael.......Christian.......come in to get cleaned up for supper.” The twenty-three year old mother of four calls to her two boys. The two, aged three and five, have spent most of the afternoon playing in the dirt at the base of a large oak tree at the edge of the woods. Sticks and stones are their only toys, but their imaginations have not been hindered by such crude implements. Their day is mostly filled with light chores, such as feeding stock and animals, and making sure water has been carried to the house. Even the three year old, Michael, has his duties. Barbara, who is eight, helps her mother in the house; and brother Robert, seven, works the fields with his father. Life is hard for this German family in the Allemaengel Region of Penns Woods, south of the Blue Mountain, but they have carved out a nice farm from the wilderness, and they are prospering. When the two youngest boys are not tending to chores, time is spent in imaginary battle with all sorts of foes. Animals of the forest are always present to surprise and capture. The boys have also learned to respect these creatures and not torture, or kill unless necessary. There were also human foe engaged in the mock fighting; mostly natives. The boys were taught the difference between necessary and unnecessary bloodshed. They were also made aware of certain differences between one native and another. Some could be trusted, like the local Lenape families, but others had not gained that trust from the European settlers. The Iroquois from the north were generally feared due to their reported raids on settlements and torture that followed. This information would become more important in the boys’ future than anyone could imagine. The lessons learned at this young age would later save their lives. Michael would grow to be the taller of the two, although two years younger than his brother Christian. Both would have the muscular build and fair hair of the German immigrants; Michael’s hair being almost white into his teenage years. The boys would develop woods skills beyond belief, being the best Trackers and Longhunters of the area. They would be feared and respected for their knowledge of Penns Woods and beyond. Their treks would take them to all points of the compass. As they turned to adulthood Michael Hagenbuch would be known as Many Flags, and his brother, Christian, would be called Three Tales; these names given them by the Lenape people. They play a very large part in the history of Allemaengel and the Lands beyond the Sunset. Many Flags and Three Tales will become Legends to the people of Penns Woods. ‘nuff said, Three Tales Edited by - Three Tales on September 15 2002 1:11:39 PM [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.