22 STORIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



this evil happens, for evil always follows the 

 breach of Nature's laws. 



" List n ! The North Wind whistles, the sap 

 runs down ; the South Wind calls, the sap starts 

 to flow upward, thinking its si ep is over. Then 

 upward, downward, while the battle lasts, it goes, 

 until finally, Kabibonokka, satisfied, takes the 

 Snow Owl on his shoulder, and leads Peboan, the 

 Winter, to the northland. 



" Then Shawondasee calls again, this time in 

 earnest; but the poor sap, weak and tired (and 

 in the small plants spent and lifeless), answers 

 him slowly, even in the sturdy trees crawling 

 but feebly, not having force to reach the topmost 

 branches, finding in its course many buds, both 

 dead and dying. Then the House People say, 

 4 Look at that treetop ; it is winter-killed ! ' 

 And when this happens, all the hope of life for 

 tender things is in the seed. 



44 When Heart of Nature is obeyed, then all 

 goes rightly. Kabibonokka and Peboan come to- 

 gether bringing the White Owls with them, and 

 the snow falls thick and covers everything so 

 deeply that the South Wind flies before it, and 

 the tree blood, hearing no disputing, waits in 

 peace." 



44 Dear Mr. Grass," said Tommy- Anne, 44 how 



