This Native American folktale comes from the Apache people
The Old Man
Review the paragraph at the top of page 4.
Long ago, there lived an old man who so
cherished the taste of badger meat for dinner
that he hunted the badger nearly every day.
This troubled his grown son greatly, for
badgers were wise animals and the medicine
men attributed many important and
frightening powers to them. Fearing mortal
consequences, the son had repeatedly
pleaded, "Father, hunt no more! For surely
some terrible misfortune will befall you should
you continue." When the father persisted
despite these warnings, the son reluctantly
decided to change his father's mind for him.
Click on the sentence in the paragraph that BEST
shows the son cares about his father, despite
wanting to trick him.