184 Language Through Nature 



Chased the dark o'er hill and valley; 

 He it was whose cheeks were painted 

 With the brightest streaks of crimson, 

 And whose voice awoke the village, 

 Called the deer, and called the hunter. 



"The fierce Kabibonokka had his dwellings among icebergs' 1 



But the fierce Kabibonokka 

 Had his dwelling among icebergs, 

 In the everlasting snow-drifts, 

 In the kingdom of Wabasso, 

 In the land of the White Rabbit. 

 He it was whose hand in Autumn 

 Painted all the trees with scarlet, 



