OEIGIN OF THE WINDS 



Then he got upon the sky wall and walked 

 along till he came to the southeast. Here an- 

 other opening was covered like the first, and the 

 covering was bulging inward. When he cut this 

 covering loose a gale swept in bringing reindeer, 

 trees, and bushes. He quickly covered the hole 

 and said to the gale, " You are too strong. Some- 

 times blow hard, sometimes light, and sometimes 

 do not blow at all. The people on earth will 

 want variety." 



Again walking along the sky wall he came to a 

 hole in the south, and when this covering was cut 

 a hot wind came rushing in carrying rain and 

 spray from the great sea lying beyond the sky- 

 hole on that side. Doll closed this opening and 

 talked to the wind as before. 



Then he passed on to the west where there was 

 another hole which admitted heavy rainstorms, 

 with sleet and spray from the ocean. When he 

 had closed this and given the wind its instructions 

 he went on to the northwest. There, when he cut 

 away the covering, a cold blast came rushing in, 

 bringing snow and ice, so that he was chilled to 

 the bone and half frozen, and he made haste to 

 close the hole as he had the others. 



He started to go along the sky wall to the 

 north, but the cold became more and more severe 



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