64 STO1UES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



before a glow spread upward from the earth's 

 edge to where the Morning Star blazed. 



" Out from the tent curtains stepped Wenonah, 

 her filmy garments hanging about her like the 

 petals of the wind-flower, but her face shone like 

 the Star she gazed at. We were frightened, but 

 she spoke lightly to us : 4 1 go to my mother 

 beyond the Morning Star ; come thou part way 

 with me, that my flight may be unseen.' 



"Stooping, she took some earth and rubbed a 

 little on the breast of each one of us, saying : 

 'This is in token that you shall return again in 

 safety to earth.' With that, she stepped from 

 the cliff, Shawondasee bearing her aloft, as our 

 wings bear us, and surrounding her we flew 

 eastward. 



" Always it grew lighter, and we felt the breath 

 of Gheezis hot upon our breasts, and the moist 

 earth upon them burned red in colour like brick- 

 clay. Seeing this, Wenonah, turning, said, 4 You 

 must leave me now, returning earthward.' 



"'No, we will follow you,' we cried, all the 

 warm-hearted Bluebirds beginning to weep sadly. 



"'You may not follow where I go, for the 

 speech of that country is unknown to you. 

 Return, my brothers ! ' 



" ' A token ! give us a token ! ' we cried. 



