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But some were rebellious. 



The Partridge safe under the snow, 

 the Hare safe under the brush, and the 

 Muskrat safe under the ice, said: "Why 

 should we fear old Peboan ? " Then the 

 Marten and the Fox and the Mink said : 

 "While the Partridge and the Hare and 

 the Muskrat are stirring abroad, we will 

 not fail to hunt them." So they all broke 

 the truce of the Sun-god, war- waging 

 when peace was established. 



But they reckoned not with the Ice-de- 

 mons, the sons of the Lake and the Winter, 

 whose kingdom they now were mvading, 

 and vengeance was hot on their warring. 



The sun sank lower each day; the 

 North Wind reigned, and the Ice-demons, 

 born of the Lake and the Winter, grew 

 bigger and stronger, and nightly danced, 

 in the air and on the ice. 



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