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"No, I can not move; heiice I cannot walk." The wolverene retorted 

 tliat he had seen it walking. The rock quickly informed the wolverene 

 that he uttered a falsehood. The wolverene remarked, "You ueed not 

 speak in that manner for I ha\e seen you walking.'' The wolverene 

 ran off a little distance and taunted the rock, challenging it to catch 

 hiui. The wolverene then approached the rock and ha\ing struck it 

 with his paw, said, "See if you can catch nie." The rock answered, 

 "I can not run but I can roll." The wolverene began to laugh and 

 said, "That is what I want." The wolverene ran away and the rock 

 rolled after him, keeping Just at his heels. The animal (inally began 

 to tire and commenced to jump over sticks and stones until at last the 

 rock was toucliing his heels. At last the wolverene tripped over a stick 

 and fell. The rock rolled over on him and ceased- to move wben it 

 came upon the hind parts < if the wolverene. The animal screamed, "Get 

 oft', go away, you are hurting me; you are breaking my bones." The 

 rock remained motionless and replied, "You tormented me and had 

 me run after you, so now I shall not stii- until some one takes me off." 



The wolverene replied, "I have many brothers and I shall call them." 

 He called to the wolves and the foxes to come and remove the rock. 

 These animals soon came up to where the rock was lying on the 

 wolverene and they asked him, "How came you to get under the rock?" 

 The wolverene replied, "I challenged the rock to catch me and it 

 rolled on me." The wolves and foxes then told him that it served him 

 right to be under the rock. They endeavored, after a time, to dis- 

 place the rock but could not move it in the least. The wolverene then 

 said, "Well, if you can not get me out I shall call my other brother, 

 the lightning and thunder." So he began to call for the lightning 

 to come to his aid. In a few moments a huge dark cloud came rush- 

 ing from the southwest, and as it hurried up it made so much noise 

 that it frightened the wolves and foxes, but they asked the lightning 

 to take off the coat of the wolverene but not to harm his flesh. They 

 then ran away. The lightning darted back to gather force and struck 

 the rock, knocking it into small pieces and also completely stripped 

 the skin from the back of the wolverene, tearing the skin into small 

 pieces. The wolverene stood naked, but soon began to pick up the 

 pieces of his coat and told the lightning, " You need not have torn my 

 coat when you had only the rock to strike. " 



The wolverene gathered up his pieces of coat and said he would go 

 to his sister, the frog, to have her sew them together. He repaired to 

 the swamp where his sister dwelt and asked her to sew them. She 

 did so. The wolverene took it up and told her she had not put it 

 together properly and struck her on the head and knocked her flying 

 into the water. Ho took up the coat and went to his younger sister, 

 the mouse. He directed hev to sew his coat as it should be done. The 

 mouse began to sew the pieces together and when it was done the 

 wolverene carefully examined every seam and said, "You have sewed 

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