Brother Bear Sitka's Funeral Portable Site

Only Denahi stood beside him.

Denahi finally spoke. “When we were boys, Sitka taught me to track. He said, ‘The prey always leaves a mark. You just have to learn to see what others ignore.’” He looked up at the eagle carved in stone. “He left a mark, Kenai. Not in the ice. In us.” brother bear sitka's funeral

“You were supposed to be his brother,” Tanana said gently. “And you were. Until the very last breath.” Only Denahi stood beside him

“His name will be spoken at every hunt,” she said. “His story will be told at every fire. And when the northern lights dance, look closely. You will see him running with the caribou, diving with the salmon, soaring where the wind takes him.” He said, ‘The prey always leaves a mark

Denahi did not answer. He placed a hand on his younger brother’s shoulder, but Kenai shook it off like a wolf shedding water.

The wind did not howl that morning. It simply stopped.