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of agreeable disposition, so they did not get along so pleasantly as might 

 have been hoped. 



The hunter went into the woods one day, but, although he traveled 

 until nightfall, he failed to get any game, and returned home disap- 

 pointed. The next day he again went out to procure some food for his 

 wife and child, yet, notwithstanding he was a good hunter, he again 

 failed to obtain any. 



The wife then said to the hunter, "Why is it that yon cannot get me 

 enough food to eat? — you were more successful in former days." The 

 hunter told her that he could not account for his ill luck, and that he 

 would try his fortune again on the following day. 



On the morning of the morrow it snowed heavily and he went through 

 the woods looking in every direction for game, but the only thing he 

 got was a partridge. It stormed so severely and the snow drifted so 

 much that he became lost; so he endeavored to find some familiar local- 

 ity that he might return to his wigwam, but without success. Night 

 approached, and, not knowing his whereabouts, the hunter gathered 

 together some brush and wood to build a fire and to make a shelter to 

 camp during the night. Having done this he laid down and went to 

 sleep. How long he slept he knew not, but when he first awoke it was 

 still dark. While yet awake he suddenly thought he heard something 

 approaching. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, but the 

 sound came so close to him that he opened his eyes slightly and to his 

 amazement saw a Wolf standing near by, which said to him, "My 

 brother, you are going to starve; you have not killed anything today; 

 I came to you because I pity you. Your wigwam is close by and you 

 will see it when daylight approaches; then you must go home and cook 

 and eat your partridge." 



When the sun rose, the hunter went home to cook the partridge for 

 his wife and child, but found that the child had starved. After he had 

 completed his work he returned to the woods again to hunt some game, 

 and, arriving at the place where he had camped the night before, he 

 found the Wolf there awaiting him. The Wolf said, "You must now 

 kill some deer which I will drive close to you, but you must keep the 

 liver and the fat for me ; the remainder you may carry to your wigwam." 



The hunter was pleased to hear this from the Wolf, and agreed to 

 give the liver and fat of the deer to him. The Wolf started away, and 

 presently a deer came running by the place where the hunter stood, 

 closely followed by the Wolf. As the deer came near the hunter he let 

 fly an arrow, wounding it, which enabled the Wolf to catch it and kill 

 it by tearing open its throat. The hunter then dressed the deer, giving 

 the liver and the fat to the Wolf for his assistance, and taking to his 

 wigwam the remainder of the deer, including the paunch filled with 

 blood. As the hunter approached, his wife was cutting wood, and 

 when she looked up and saw her husband coming back with the deer 

 she appeared very much pleased. She took the deer and was engaged 



