XXVI 



RAVEN MAKES AN OCEAN VOYAGE 



ONE day Raven was sitting on a cliff near the 

 sea when he saw a large whale passing close along 

 the shore. 



" I have an idea! " said he. " I'm going to try 

 something new." Then he called out to the 

 whale, " When you come up again, shut your 

 eyes and open your mouth wide, and I'll put 

 something in it." 



Then he drew down his mask, put his drill for 

 making fire under his wing, and flew out over the 

 water. Very soon the whale came up again and 

 did as he had been told. Raven, seeing the wide 

 open mouth, flew straight down the whale's 

 throat. The whale closed his mouth, gave a great 

 gulp, and down he went to the bottom of the sea. 



Raven stood up, pushed up his beak, and look- 

 ing about, found himself at the entrance to a fine 

 room, at one end of which burned a lamp. He 

 went in and was surprised to see a beautiful 

 young woman sitting there. The place was clean 



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