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said, "Let us play together at shooting arrows." So they shot oif 

 their arrows up into the air, and the boy's arrow went much the higher. 

 Then the man said, "Let us see which can swim the farthest without 

 breathing," and again the boy beat the man. Then the latter said, 

 " Let us go to the island, where j^ou will see many pretty birds." So 

 they entered the canoe. Now, on either side of the canoe were three 

 swans which propelled it. As soon as they were seated in the canoe the 

 man began singing, and very soon they arrived at the island, around 

 which they traveled for some time, and then the man took off all the 

 boy's clothes, and, jumping into his canoe, said, "Come, swans, let us 

 go home," and he begau to sing. When the boy perceived that he was 

 deserted he went up the bank and sat down and cried, for he was 

 naked and cold. 



It began to grow dark very fast, and he was greatly frightened when 

 he heard a voice say, "Hist! keep still," and, looking around, he saw a 

 skeleton on the ground near him, which beckoned him and said, "Poor 

 boy, it was the same thing with me, but I will help you if you will do 

 something for me." The boy readily consented. Then the skeleton 

 told him to go to a tree near by, and dig on the west side of it, and he 

 would find a tobacco-pouch full of tobacco, a pipe, and a flint; and the 

 boy found them and brought them to the skeleton. It then said, "Fill 

 the pipe and light it;" and he did so. "Put it in my mouth," said the 

 skeleton; and he did so. Then, as the skeleton smoked, the boy saw 

 that its body was full of mice, which went away because of the smoke. 

 Then the skeleton felt better, and told the boy that a man with three 

 dogs was coming to the island that night to kill him, and in order to 

 escape he must run all over the island and jump into the water and out 

 again many times, so that the man would lose the trail. Then, after track- 

 ing the island all over, he must get into a hollow tree near by, and stay 

 all night. So the boy tracked the island all over and jumped into the 

 water many times, and at last went into the tree. In the early morn- 

 ing he heard a canoe come ashore, and, looking out, saw another man 

 with three dogs, to whom the man said, " My dogs, you must catch this 

 animal." Then they ran all over the island, but not finding him, the 

 man became so angry that he killed one of the dogs and ate him all up. 

 Then, taking the two remaining, he went away. The boy then came 

 out from his hiding-place, and went to the skeleton, who said, "Are 

 you still alive?" The boy replied, "Yes." "Well," said the skeleton, 

 "the man who brought you here will come tonight to drink your blood, 

 and you must go down to the shore where he will come in, and dig a 

 long pit and lie down in it and cover yourself up with the sand so he 

 cannot see you, and when he comes ashore and is ofi", you must get into 

 the canoe and say, 'Come, swans, let's go home,' and if the man calls 

 for you to come back you must not turn around or look at him." 



The boy promised to obey and soon the man who had brought him came 

 ashore on the island. Then the boy jumped into the canoe, saying. 



