In another myth, this figure is so modest that he tries and fails to speak three times after being afforded a great honor.
According to one legend, this figure's mother had a dream in which he was able to help put out a fire after a strange old man in a cap gave him an iron rod. In another myth, this figure is so modest that he tries and fails to speak three times after being afforded a great honor. In a story of his childhood, he rides a massive bucking colt until it dies of a burst blood vessel. In another story, this figure's father plants cabbages in the shape of his name. One legend tells of how a man named Isaac excitedly runs home to tell his wife Sarah that he saw this figure praying alone on the ground. Constantino Brumidi painted a fresco of this figure's apotheosis, and many of the stories associated with this man were originated by Parson Weems. In many myths, he displays his strength by throwing things, such as a rock over the Natural Bridge or a silver dollar over the Potomac River. For 10 points, name this wooden toothed figure who cuts down his father's cherry tree in his most famous legend.
According to one legend, this figure's mother had a dream in which he was able to help put out a fire after a strange old man in a cap gave him an iron rod.
George {Washington}