Man in the Moon

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Man in the Moon

• by 6th graders

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When people say that they can see a man in the
moon, they mean that they can see a whole person.
It is usually an old man with a small dog. There
are many legends of how the man got on the moon.
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The Story of how the man came to live on the moon
On a Sunday morning, some time ago, an old man
was gathering wood. He put the sticks into his
bundle and started home. When he met a man going
to church, the man told him that he shouldnt be
working but going to Church. The old man said
that it didnt matter to him that it was the
Sabbath. The man going to Church said, Then bear
your bundle forever, and as you value not Sunday
on earth yours shall be a perpetual moon day in
heaven and you shall stand for eternity in the
moon, a warning to all Sabbath-breakers. So now
the man is forever on the moon.
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There once was a circular village in the
mountains where a boy named 'Running Antelope'
lived with his grandmother. He was with a group
of people who went to visit a prairie village
ruled by a cruel chief. The chief liked a girl
named 'Little Hill', but could not get her to
like him back. When Running Antelope saw Little
Hill he was surprised by her beauty and spent
most of his time with her. Finally they were
married, and the couple lived in her village.
However, the chief was very unhappy with this
turn of events, and threatened that some day he
would take her away from Running Antelope. Almost
every night when people gathered in the center of
the village for games and entertainment, the
chief would try to win their affection by casting
beautiful and valuable pieces of coral,
turquoise, and beads onto the ground for people
to pick up. Running Antelope collected many beads
and went home to present them to his new wife,
but when he got to his lodge, Little Hill could
not be found anywhere. So Running Antelope snuck
up to the chief's lodge, and as he expected, he
heard within the voice of Little Hill singing. He
burst into the lodge and demanded the return of
his wife, but the chief pulled out a knife and
Running Antelope had to flee. The chief grabbed
his quiver of poisoned arrows and chased after
him, shooting at the young man as he ran. Running
Antelope was almost killed when he came to the
sandy bank of a lake. There he prayed to the
Water spirits of the lake to save him, and
without further hesitation he jumped into the
waters. The Water spirits shot a great swirling
geyser of water into the sky which carried
Running Antelope all the way to the moon. When
the chief came upon this place, he shut his eyes
tightly for fear that the spirits would kill him.
So Running Antelope was saved from the chief but
forever separated from his beloved wife. He is
the man that we see in the moon.
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Different Types of Moons
Many people see a face on the side of crescent
moons.
People can also see a face in full moons.
This is not what people mean when they say they
can see a man in the moon.
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In Reality
In reality, when you see a face or person in the
moon, you are really seeing craters and seas on
the moon. These land forms create the figures
that you see on the moon and relate to looking
like a man.
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Bibliography

• http//btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/maninmoon.html