

WOODMYTH & FABLE 



showed them the way of their living, 

 taught them the rights of the hunter ; all 

 through the autumn he led them. 



Then came the cold. 



Down from the north it came riding — 

 riding with wicked old Peboan ; and the 

 Red Linnets swept before it like sparks 

 in the van of a prairie fire, and the White 

 Owl followed after like ash in the wake 

 of a prairie fire. 



Down from the sky there fell a white 

 blanket, the Sun-god's blanket, and Nin- 

 na-bo-jou cried: "Now I sleep. Let all 

 my creatures sleep and be at peace, even 

 as Chaska- water sleeps." 



The Ducks and Geese flew far to the 

 south, the Woodchuck went to his couch, 

 the Bear and the Snake and the Bullfrog, 

 the Tree-bugs, slept; and the blanket 

 covered them all. 



