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population would grow. other sister was chosen to become the Tree of life
-> an animal, the armadillo, was chosen to make large ruts through the earth & [[strikethrough]] encourage [[/strikethrough]] funnel the molten lava into the ruts
-> a beautiful red & green macaw brought special seeds to transform the young woman into the tree of life 
-> as the girl transformed, her mother clapped her hands in the air & a great smoke appeared & the girl was transformed into a multi-branched tree
-> the peoples from all over the earth came & climbed the tree; all of the animals also came & climbed the tree, (the venomous animals stayed on the lower branches), birds were also in the tree
-> one animal, a frog (Sesit) carried an enormous number of small staffs on sticks; he would throw the sticks to the earth to see if the mud had dried; if the earth was still muddy, the staffs would fall over & be swallowed by the mud
-> the earth stayed in the muddy condition & the fires kept burning; people staying in the tree, built farms, etc.; Some people lied to others & mistreated others. the tree would sway back and forth & the bad people would fall from the tree + drown.
-> the frog threw his last stick to the earth & it bounced. The earth was dry & the people came down from the tree. 
-> The Wachiperi peoples were so happy, the danced & ran far from the tree into some of the valleys that were still wet & some of the drowned
-> Some of the lighter skinned people came down & stayed close to the tree where the tree roots kept the earth strong. Those people survived & prospered & this is how some of these people were able to take over the Wachiperi's land.
-> In summation, people from hills & valleys would call to one another & then settle in small groups. Lighter skinned people would stay close to the tree & prospered, developed new farming technology. Parts of the tree started turning into animals- macaw, kukoo, woodpecker.
-> Odette learned story from her mother & grandmother