T.S.B SYMBOLISM

POND

• Choice
• " this pond gave me a choice. I could focus on the left end or the right end of the stick," (145)

STICK

• Happiness and anger
• " right end of this stick is your happiness, the left end is your anger," (145)

KNIFE

• Life
• " that knife is like life, it can destroy you or help you heal," (175)

SPIRIT BEAR

• Patience, gentleness, strength, honesty
• " patience, gentleness, strength, honesty, animals can tech us more about ourselves than any teacher," (17)

SPRIT BEAR FUR

• Trust
• " Cole finger sink into the bushy white hair, with his fingertips, he felt warmth, he felt trust," (95)

FEATHER

• Respect and responsibility
• " this feather symbolize respect and responsibility," (38)

FIRE

• Anger
• " he stared back into the crackling, red- hot flames and his anger burned," (26)

TOUGH MEAT

• Cole's thought
• " like it's chewing on tough meat. It won't swallow a thought, and it won't spit it out," (142)

HOT DOG

• Celebration and sharing
• " was sharing and a celebration. All because that is what I made it," (139)

BIRD

• Care
• Cole cared when the storm knocked the tree down with the birds in it

BIRD NEST

• Safe and secure
• Cole wish his home was safe as a bird nest