ONE late autumn, a few years ago, a big 

 salmon came up to the head waters of 

 the river and sought out a place for herself 

 where she might hide her eggs. All sum- 

 mer long she had journeyed slowly up the 

 river, resting below the falls and rapids to 

 gather her strength, and choosing the bright £\ 

 moonlit nights to hurry up through the rif- wy 

 fles, where Mooween the bear was waiting t *W '^v^ 

 to catch her as she passed. Now, with most H& 

 of the danger and all the effort behind her, 

 she came straight to the shallows at the (/£ 

 mouth of a cold brook where the bottom 



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