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STORIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



" I was very thoughtless," 

 sighed the Grass-blade, con- 

 tritely, "to mention snow 

 and Rabbits before a Rabbit 

 hound ; no wonder it was too 

 much for his feelings. But 

 where were we ? " 



" You were explaining 

 about the things that fought 

 and killed the grass." 



" Oh yes! Kabibonokka is 

 the North Wind, and Sha- 

 wondasee, his rival, the South 

 Wind. The South Wind 

 always has Gheezis, the Sun, 

 for his companion, while the 

 North Wind keeps with him 

 Gushkewau, the short dark days, Wabasso, the 

 Snow Rabbit, the spirit of the North ; while fol- 

 lowing them, trampling down the Wood Folk, 

 often stalk - Bukadawin, Famine, and Pauguk, 

 Death. 



" All plants have blood in them the same as the 

 House People and other animals, only plant blood 

 is very seldom red, but pale and greenish, and 

 you call it sap. In the Moon of Falling Leaves, 

 which is the first month of your autumn, Kabi- 



