Chapter 31
Later that day, Kayak's Ceremony of 14 was held. There was a time of feast, rejoicing, and the speeches. Pilipili had to make a speech congratulating the boy, and then Kayak stepped up and said what it meant to him. Then, he chose what he wanted to work in. He chose farming as his job, as it was crucial to the village as a whole to have farmers.
Umi, the village storyteller, was now designated to tell a villager a bit of history on a job someone selected. So after the ceremony, he took Kayak to the amphitheater and told him a story from when he was a kid.
"Now Kayak, I'm going to tell you a story to help you with your farming. When you were young, we discovered how to make rain. Beloved chief Pilipili consulted the Guiding Hand during the rainless season. The Guiding Hand said to gather up all the farmers and go to the fire. Then Pilipili was instructed to dance.
"At first, the farmers just stood and watched, but Pilipili's feet seemed to start sparkling. One by one, the farmers joined in the dance, and after a few minutes of all of them dancing, rain started to come down. While everyone else rejoiced, Pilipili ran to the lift, and stood on it. It soon started to move up and up, until he knocked down a seed. He jumped down, grabbed the seed, and planted it. That's why we have the orchard today, Kayak."