This Native American folktale comes from the Algonquin
people.
The Star Woman
One day, a young man was traveling across
the prairie when a strange vision appeared in
the sky. Above him seemed to float a small
basket filled with young women who glowed
and twinkled like stars. As he stared upward in
confusion, a voice called down to him. "Your
world appears so beautiful to me," one of the
young women proclaimed, "that I wonder
what it would be like to live there."
The young man, who was named Algon,
answered quickly that his world was indeed
most beautiful and that the star woman
Which sentence BEST states the theme of this
story?
Strong individuals are often isolated from the rest
of society.
Regardless of age, one never outgrows the longing
for home.
Mankind can never overcome the natural world.
Once a dream is achieved, true happiness is
guaranteed.