A TEEASUEY OF ESKIMO TALES 



worked along slowly, while Raven on his out- 

 spread wings glided along faster than his party, 

 and the geese gazed after him in admiration, ex- 

 claiming, " How light and graceful he is ! " and 

 the little bride was very proud of her fine hus- 

 band. 



But Raven was not accustomed to the long, all- 

 day flights of the geese, and he became tired. 



" We would better stop early and look for a 

 good place to spend the night," he said. The 

 others agreed to this, so they stopped and were 

 soon asleep. 



Early the next morning the geese were astir, 

 but Raven slept so heavily that the father goose 

 had to shake him and say, " Wake up ! Wake 

 up ! We must make haste for it will snow here 

 soon ; we must not linger." 



As soon as Raven was fully awake he pre- 

 tended to be eager to get away, and, as on the day 

 before, he led all the others with his wide-spread 

 wings, and was greatly admired by the others, 

 especially by his young wife. He kept on, above 

 or in front of his companions, and his bride would 

 often say, "See how gracefully he skims along 

 without having to flop heavy wings as we do," 

 and she gave her brothers a side glance which 

 made them feel that she was contrasting their 



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