Cherokee

North went traveling, and after a long time, and after visiting many tribes, he fell in love with the daughter of South.

South and his wife said, “No. Ever since you came the weather has been cold. If you stay we will all freeze.”

North said he would go back to his own country. So South let his daughter marry him. Then North went back to his own country with South’s daughter. All the people there lived in ice houses.

The next day, after sunrise, the houses began to leak. The ice began to melt. It grew warmer and warmer. Then North’s people came to him. They said, “It is the daughter of the South. If she lives here all the lodges will melt. You must send her back to her father.”

North said, “No.”

But every day it grew hotter. The lodges began to melt away. The people said North must send his wife home. Therefore North had to send her back to South.