Pocahontas fled back to the river, followed by Smith, who was protesting that he would not hurt her. Pocahontas could not understand what he was saying, until she remembered what Grandmother Willow had said -- to listen with her heart to the voices all around her. Suddenly, Pocahontas realized she could understand what this strange man was saying.
At the river, Pocahontas and John Smith talked, slowly getting to know each other. Meeko reached into Smith’s pouch and snatched his compass, thinking it was a biscuit! Smith smiled and allowed the raccoon to keep it as a gift. Sharing some of her people’s ways, Pocahontas showed Smith the Indian gestures for "hello" and "goodbye." Smith told her he liked "hello" better.
As Smith spoke of London, Pocahontas realized that these settlers meant to re-create their old world among her people. When he fumbled over the right words to describe the Indians and could only come up with "savages" and "uncivilized," Pocahontas responded coolly, "What you mean is, ‘not like you.’"
Pocahontas took John Smith's hand and led him through the forest. She showed him how all the different parts of nature -- animals, plants, the wind, the clouds, even people -- were alive and connected to each other. Soon Smith could see the colors of the wind that Pocahontas saw, and feel what Pocahontas felt. He realized what she meant when she said it was important to understand people and things who were not like him.
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