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THE FRETFUL PORCUPINE 



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In the woods of Po- 

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mtr^ roamed a very discon- » 



V tented Porcupine. He was V 

 forever fretting. He complained that 

 everything was wrong, till it was per- 

 fectly scandalous, and the Great Spirit, 

 getting tired of his grumbling, said: 



"You and the world I have made don't 

 seem to fit. One or the other must be 

 wrong. It is easier to change you. You 

 don't like the trees, you are unhappy on 

 the ground and think everything is upside 

 down, so I '11 turn you inside out and put 

 you in the water." 



This was the origin of the Shad. 



