Thunder Sage, Part One

         They say Thunder Sage named herself. She was the strongest girl alive and tamed a wild horse. Let me tell you what happened from the beginning.
          When she was born, she was very disliked by her family. Because they had a farm, as most people did at this time, they had wanted a boy to help with their farm. All but her father. He was a very fair and fine man, and he let her farm with him, and she soon became as strong as the ox they both plowed with. Then, her mother came in insisting that a proper woman in the making ought to be learning discipline and manners, not farm work.
         So her father had to work alone and Sage had to learn how to do all sorts of "ladylike" chores, including doing the laundry, cooking, and sewing. But when she had nothing to cook or sew, she would always be sent to her room. And she always did do what her mother asked her. But, she sneaked out the back window in her room and farmed all she could. Eventually, she was found out by (Guess who?) her mother. She could not even go outside (Unless it was to wash the clothes). Sage could not take it! She had gotten so used to farming that she missed it every day. One night, when she was five, she tiptoed out of the house and ran to the barn She got the ox and rode on his back to one of the main roads to town.....

To Be Continued........