EAVEN MAKES AN OCEAN VOYAGE 



said, " You must on no account touch that tube," 

 and that only served to make him the more curi- 

 ous. 



On the fifth day, when she left tHe room, he 

 went to the lamp and caught a drop of the oil 

 which he licked up with his tongue. It tasted so 

 sweet that he began to catch other drops as fast 

 as they fell. This soon became too slow to suit 

 him, for he was hungry, so he reached up and 

 tore a piece from the side of the tube and ate it. 

 As soon as this was done a great rush of oil 

 poured into the room and put out the light, while 

 the room itself began to roll wildly about. 



This continued for four days, and Raven was 

 nearly dead from exhaustion and the bruises 

 which he received. Then the room became still 

 and the whale was dead, for Raven had torn off 

 part of one of the heart vessels. The inua never 

 came back to the room, and the whale drifted 

 upon the shore. 



Raven now found himself a prisoner and was 

 saying to himself, " Now I am in a pretty boat! 

 I have enjoyed the trip, but how is one to get out 

 of a kayak like this?" 



Presently he said, "Hark! What is that I 

 hear? As I live, it is someone walking on the 

 roof of the house!" 



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