What is the author or story name about a native American boy whose father leaves him blindfolded and alone on a tree stump overnight as a test of boys courage and boy doesn't know dad was with him?

Answer 1

I don't know the Author but I found this

native American boy whose father leaves him blindfolded and alone on a tree stump overnight as a test of boys courage

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of Passage? His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own. The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do him harms. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man!

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm. We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him. If you liked this story, pass it on. If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn.

Answer 2

The story you are referring to is "The Talking Eggs" by Robert D. San Souci. It is a retelling of a Creole folktale in which a young girl named Blanche is rewarded for her kindness towards an old woman by receiving magical eggs that help her escape her cruel family.