The Legend of the Sleeping
Lady
Many moons ago, an Aleut maiden lay down for a nap while she waited for her lover
to return from hunting the mighty whale. But the angry seas devoured her lover
and he never returned. In a fit of kindness, the gods allowed the maiden to sleep
on, dreaming of her lover even unto this day. (Can you see her hair, fanning out
from her head, and her hands folded over her stomach?)