Read the legend titled "The Forgotten Ear of Com
How do the Arikara woman's actions in the passage
support the theme of the legend?
An Arikara woman was once gathering corn from the field
to store away for winter use She passed from stalk to
stalk, tearing off the ears and dropping them into her folded
robe. When all was gathered she started to go, when she
heard a faint voice like a child's weeping and calling!
They show that she wants to have a child.
They show that she is easily surprised
They show that she likes to eat corn
hey show that she is a caring person.
"Oh, do not leave me! Do not go away without me
The woman was astonished, 'What child can that be?
asked herselt. "What babe can be lost in the cornfield
She set down her robe in which she had tied up her
and went back to search: but she found nothing
As she started away she heard the voice again
"Oh, do not leave me. Do not go away witho