THE MAN OF THE MOON 45 



" I never go so far from this earth garden, 

 House Child ; round and round we winds go, 

 over oceans and plains, over mountain tops that 

 are almost buried in the sky ; but the Plan directs 

 that we never leave the earth altogether, lest we 

 lose ourselves in the great unknown, that House 

 People call space." 



" What are you and the other winds made of, 

 Mudjekeewis ? I can feel your touch and see the 

 work you have done, and yet I have never really 

 seen you yourselves." 



"We winds are merely the air in a hurry, 

 the air that is the breath of the warm-hearted 

 earth and clings about her so that in their turn 

 the Brotherhoods of Flower, Bird, and Beast may 

 breathe it, and so live. When this breath of life 

 is quiet, it is called air. House People say, ' Open 

 the window and let in the air ; ' but when the air 

 is restless, in a hurry, and rushes along, they say, 

 4 The wind is blowing.' Look up at those clouds 

 that graze like sheep far off in the sky pasture. 

 See, ice crystals hang to their fleece ; it is the 

 North Wind that drives them along." 



" House Child," interrupted the Moon, " do not 

 give ear to the idle words of the winds, for they 

 have no beginning and no end ; when one brother 

 sleeps the other wakens. The day of Dibik 



