60 TRIBES OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 



course Kaud could not move the stones although 

 he tried very hard, when the man from the moon 

 began to flick him with a whip and shout, &quot; Now, do 

 you feel stronger ? &quot; &quot; Yes, I feel stronger,&quot; said 

 poor Kaud ; but as the stone was still in the same 

 position the man from the moon used his whip a 

 little more freely. At last the stone moved just a 

 little, and the small boy, encouraged by success, 

 exerted his strength, which was every moment 

 increasing, and to the delight of his taskmaster he 

 was soon able, not only to move the stone, but 

 actually to lift it a great height from the ground. 



Very good,&quot; said the man from the moon. 

 &quot; To-morrow I will send three bears, then you may 

 show your full strength.&quot; So saying, he got astride 

 a cloud and sailed away towards the full moon, 

 whose silver light was glistening on the frozen snow. 

 Next morning three large bears made their appear 

 ance in the village, much to the dismay of all the 

 men, for not even the oldest hunter had seen such 

 large, fierce, white, shaggy bears. 



The men, who crowded timidly into their huts, 

 were astounded when they saw the boy whom they 

 had despised and ill-treated making his way quickly 

 towards the ferocious animals. The bears will 

 soon finish him,&quot; said the men ; but this was not to 

 be, for Kaud seized one animal by its hind legs and, 

 exerting all his strength, swung it round so that its 

 head crashed against a sharp piece of ice, and the 

 animal lay quite still. A second bear was treated 

 in the same way, and at this point Kaud deter 

 mined to have his revenge on those who had ill- 

 treated him when he was little and weak. So he 



