The Drean Catcher : a Red Indian Legend !

Dear Friends , Last year end , while reading about the Red Indian Tribes of America , I got inspired to write this simple poem about the Dream Catcher ! Hope you like it . THE DREAM CATCHER : A RED INDIAN LEGEND ! (I) The continent of North America during those ancient times , Were inhabited by various Red Indian tribes . The Delawares , the Mohawks , the Choctaws , The Dacotahs , the Omahas , the Blackeet , The Camanches , the Ojibways and the Apaches ! They inhabited the forest , the prairies , the marsh lands , The great lakes , the mountains and the fen-lands ! They lived close to nature and honored their Gods , With the spirit of Nature all thing were fraught ! If we recall the story of MacKenna’s Gold , The ‘Shaking Rock’ and ‘Canyon del Oro’ ; Of human greed - breeding death and sorrow ! Which in celluloid has often been told , None could take away that Apache gold ! ( II ) Today I narrate a legend of the Chippawa tribe , Of their ‘magical net’ for a peaceful night ! An old medicine man of this tribe , Wove a magical net with gossamer strings , To catch the dreams as they float by ! He hung this net above the bed up high , - To catch the dreams as they float by ! This wondrous net trapped all bad dreams , Letting the good ones pass through its netted seams ! And as the bad dreams got entangled in the net , The good ones descended upon the sleeping bed ! So should you come across this magical net , Never argue about its price , - Just buy the one of your bed size ! Then hang the net high above your bed , For there is nothing to be afraid ! Since dreams shall never ever cease , Have sweet dreams always , with a good night’s sleep ! -Raj Nandy New Delhi