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Two Wolves At War

A young boy came to his grandfather filled with anger at another child. The wise old man sat his grandson down to talk and share with him an old Cherokee story.

“In my heart there live two wolves that are at war with each other.”

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“These two wolves live in my heart and battle daily, and the fight is sometimes very terrible.”

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The young boy became alarmed and asked his grandfather “Which wolf will win?”

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~ Cherokee Story of Two Wolves




  • Rachel

    So relevant right now for me!

  • JG

    Being a fond fan of this story, I thought you might appreciate my own artistic take on it, jamesgroeling.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/the-one-you-feed-drawingpainting/

  • Winfred

    WOW just what I was looking for. Came here by searching
    for Cherokee Story of Two Wolves