WOODMYTH & FABLE 



said: '* I am the strongest in the Wood.'* 

 And Mi-in-gan trusted in his cunning. He 

 said: "I am the wisest in the Wood.*' 

 And Mai-kwa said: "I am wise as fear- 

 less Mi-in-gan, and strong as fearless Mus- 

 wa. Why should I fear?" 



Only Wee-nusk remembered the wam- 

 ing. He was not cunning, but he spent 

 part of each spring and fall making plain 

 the trail to Mother Earth. So when the 

 Far-Killing Mystery reached the Forest, 

 the first to go down was the strong Mus- 

 wa, and the second the tireless, cunning 

 Mi-in-gan, and the third was Mai-kwa. 

 Their strength was as a bumt grass-blade ; 

 their cunning was silly. There was no help 

 for them, for they knew no trail of escape. 



But Wee-nusk ran to Mother Earth, and 

 the Far-Killing Mystery could in no wise 

 do him harm. 



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