WOODMYTH & FABLE 



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THE GITCH-E O-KOK-O-HOO 



FTER the Great Spirit had 

 made the world and the crea- 

 tures in it, he made the 

 Gitch-e O-kok-o-hoo. This 

 was like an Owl, but bigger than anything 

 else alive, and his voice was like a river 

 plunging over a rocky ledge. He was so 

 big that he thought he did it all himself, 

 and was puffed up. 



The Blue Jay is the mischief-maker of 

 the woods. He is very smart and im- 

 pudent; so one day when the Gitch-e 

 O-kok-o-hoo was making thunder in his 

 throat, the Blue Jay said : *' Pooh, Gitch-e 

 0-kok-o-h6o, you don't call that a big 

 noise! You should hear Niagara; then 

 you would never twitter again." 



Now Niagara was the last thing the 



