Unchained Heritage - Creative Essay
Beginning of paper
The Elder sat alone on a slab of granite outside a carelessly-
erected tent on a Native reserve near Beardmore in northern Ontario, just
east of Lake Nipigon. The previous night's rain was already drying off the
ground, leaving only scattered mud patches in it's wake. Soon the early
summer sun wou ....
Middle of paper
.... a boy. There were more birds then, he thought,
and more trees. The Elder walked a few steps to a creek to wash his hands.
A very faint metallic odour met him as he bent down, but he did not notice
it as his nose had long become insensitive.
The Elder shook his hands dry and glanced up at the position of
the sun. It was high overhead, indicating noontime. He sighed, knowing that
in a couple of hours his son would bring his family from Toronto to visit
him. He did not like his son ver ....
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Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
