CHUNKS OP DAYLIGHT 



asked, " Why are you throwing up the snow and 

 hiding the light from our village? " 



The man stopped his work, looked up and said, 

 " I am only clearing away the snow from my 

 door. I am not hiding the light. But who are 

 you, and where do you come from? " 



" It is so dark at our village that I did not like 

 to live there, so I came here to live with you," 

 said the boy. 



" What? Will you stay all the time? " asked 

 the man in surprise. 



" Yes," replied the boy. 



* That is well ; come into the house with me," 

 said the man. 



He dropped his shovel on the ground and, 

 stooping down, led the way into the underground 

 passage to the house, letting the curtain fall in 

 front of the door as he passed, for he thought the 

 boy was close behind him. 



The moment the door flap fell behind the man 

 as he entered, the boy caught up the ball of light 

 and put it in the turned-up flap of his fur coat 

 in front. Catching up the shovel in one hand, he 

 ran away to the north, running until his feet be- 

 came tired. Then he whipped on his magic coat 

 and became a raven and flew as fast as his wings 

 would carry him. Behind he heard the frightful 



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