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the Forest, Wee-nusk. He was weak and 

 small, and he knew it. He had two httle 

 axes for wood-cutting. He had no great 

 strength, and he knew it, and knowing his 

 weakness, he had wisdom. 



Now Manitou, when he had made them 

 and the Forest, spake thus: 



** Behold, I have made you and given 

 you the Forest to live in. Go now and 

 live according to the law of the Forest; 

 but remember this, ye children of Mother 

 Earth: to all the Earth-born there comes a 

 day of dire extremity, of peril beyond all 

 power to save but one — the power or 

 Mother Earth. Therefore, be ready to 

 seek her. Keep open and clear the trail 

 to her abode. Make plain the way in 

 Sunshine of prosperity, for no trail opens 

 in the hour of dreadful stress." 



But Mus-wa trusted in his might. He 



