Johnny Rustywire: People of Bitter Winds throw sand for no reason

The television is a marvelous toy, but I’m not sure it teaches better than the old stories. My grandson was watching a man and a woman insulting each other on television. They claimed to be running for president of the United States by insulting each other.

I confess I was pleased when he turned the thing off and came in the next room to talk.

“Grandfather, tell me about the people, the ones called Tsaa...”

I had to remind him there are no Tsaa People any more.

There once were two brothers looking for medicine to help their sister, who was ill.

They travelled far and wide; going from place to place to find a way to help her and in doing so met many people. When they found people they did not know they would go to the eldest they could find.

The Grandfather would say, “You are strangers and do not belong here.”

The brothers would tell the story of how they came to be there, that they were seeking some knowledge to help their sick sister and had come this way to find what these people had to offer, to learn from them and understand the proper way of doing things.