TAKING AWAY THE SUN 



to my house the next time, and I'm going to 

 cover it with deer fat and stick sour berries all 

 over in the fat." 



When the reindeer came the third night, they 

 got their teeth full of fat and sour berries, and 

 ran off shaking their heads so hard that their long, 

 sharp teeth fell out. Afterward small teeth, such 

 as reindeer now have, came in their places, and 

 these animals became harmless. 



But Raven had not accomplished his purpose, 

 for only two families had been destroyed, and 

 there were still too many inhabitants left. He 

 said, " If something isn't done to stop people 

 from killing so many animals, they will keep on 

 until they have killed everything I have made. 

 I believe I will take away the sun from them, 

 so that they will be in the dark and will die." 



He took Man up to the sky with him, so that 

 he would be safe from the trouble to come. Then 

 he said, " You remain here while I go and take 

 away the sun." 



He went away and took the sun, and put it into 

 his skin bag, and carried it far off to a part of the 

 skyland where his parents lived, thus making it 

 very dark on earth. There in his father's village 

 he stayed for a long time, keeping the sun care- 

 fully hidden in the bag. 



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