102 s t STORIES OF EARTH AND SKY 



me, only "the w last night gone, that the Stone 

 Giants, against whom your swiftest arrows should 

 fall as harmless as leaves on sand, were nearing 

 us, and presently Wagoose showed me all the 

 pictures of their deeds to come in his magic book. 

 Then listen and pity, Kanida I, forgetting, did 

 the forbidden thing, unveiled my eyes and looked 

 Wabeno full in the face, exchanging glance for 

 glance. This thing my mother did before me, 

 and thus, knowing too much, she disappeared, and 

 after one more snow I too must join her in Wabun- 

 Annung, the Morning Star.' 



" Stillness fell on the wigwam ; Wenona stole 

 away. Kaw-kaw, the Raven, called thrice to 

 Mang, the Loon, and we knew that Wabeno and 

 the Dream Fox were hovering near. Kanida sat 

 musing until his pipe went out, and his lodge fire 

 also died ; on arousing he had to kindle it anew 

 by rubbing two dry bits of wood together until 

 their heat broke out into flames." 



"Why didn't he borrow some matches if he 

 hadn't any? " asked Anne, without thinking ; then, 

 answering herself, " Of course he couldn't. If 

 there were no guns or knives or powder or horses 

 or anything, there weren't any matches, and any- 

 way I remember that it says in my history that 

 not so dreadfully long ago even House People 



