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Bear Medicine	Birth Totems	Coyote Medicine	Dragon Ranks	Dragonfly Medicine	Eagle Medicine	Four Animal Helpers	Grey Wolf Medicine	Hawk
Heron Medicine	Horse	Magpie	Raccoon	Salmon Medicine	Spider Medicine	Swan Medicine	Thunder Being Medicine	Totem Loss Disc

HOUSE FLY MEDICINE
By Mouse

Fly's wisdom:

Survival
Multifaceted vision
Ability to change waste into valuable assets

Transformation
Adaptation to the harshest environments

HOW THE FLY SAVED THE RIVER-A Native American Lore
Many, many years ago when the world was new, there was a beautiful river. Fish in great
numbers lived in this river, and its water was so pure and sweet that all the animals came there to
drink. A giant moose heard about the river and he too came there to drink. But he was so big, and
he drank so much, that soon the water began to sink lower and lower. The beavers were worried.
The water around their lodges was disappearing. Soon their homes would be destroyed. The
muskrats were worried, too. What would they do if the water vanished? How could they live?
The fish were very worried. The other animals could live on land if the water dried up, but they
couldn't. All the animals tried to think of a way to drive the moose from the river, but he was so
big that they were too afraid to try. Even the bear was afraid of him.

At last the fly said he would try to drive the moose away. All the animals laughed and jeered.
How could a tiny fly frighten a giant moose? The fly said nothing, but that day, as soon as the
moose appeared, he went into action. He landed on the moose's foreleg and bit sharply. The
moose stamped his foot harder, and each time he stamped, the ground sank and the water rushed
in to fill it up. Then the fly jumped about all over the moose, biting and biting and biting until the
moose was in a frenzy. He dashed madly about the banks of the river, shaking his head, stamping
his feet, snorting and blowing, but he couldn't get rid of that pesky fly. At last the moose fled
from the river, and didn't come back. The fly was very proud of his achievement, and boasted to
the other animals, "Even the small can fight the strong if they use their brains to think."