Breakfast for two. 



Then whispered the great spirit unto him, "Add of little 

 sticks to the cedar bark and the red flower will eat of them 

 also." And the first red man did as he was bade and the red 

 flower waxed and grew and his rays were warm and glad- 

 dened the heart of the first red man. And the light of his 

 flames flickered upon the sides of the mountain and upon the 

 vast figures of the red gods, who looked down in wonderment, 

 for not one of them, save only thunder, could kindle the red 

 flower. 



Then spake the red flower unto the first red man, saying: 

 "I am the camp fire. I am thy strength, thy bride, thy glory, 

 thy crowning gift of the great spirit. I give thee mastery 

 over the tree of the forest, the wild beast in his lair, the fish 

 that is in the waters and the bird that is in the air. With 

 me shalt thou defy the red gods, the ice king in his mantle 

 of snows, the thunder and his cold rains, famine and his gaunt 

 wolves, for with me shalt thou prepare the grains of the 

 earth for food; thirst and his arid thorns, for with me shalt 

 thou make vessels to give thee mastery over the waters. 

 Thou and thy children forever shall look on me, and your 

 hearts shall sing, for I am the symbol that the great spirit 



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