Long Hair and the Red Radish

One year long hair's village didn't see rain for months. For months the nearby creeks and streams dried up, so everyone had to carry their buckets and pitchers to the river - which was five miles away. As long hair watched her neighbors gardens and fields wither and their families waste away from hunger, she knew she had to do something. After tying her shiny black hair in a big knot on top of her head, she kissed her father good bye, ten clambered up the mountain side. She noticed that the few plants that sprouted among the jagged stones were wilted and brown but one plant looked leafy and green. When she gave it a yank,