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but he did not look for her. The boys had drums made out of deer 

 hide, and, as soon as the canoes arrived, they told them to come close 

 to the beach and they would dance for them. So the canoes stopped, 

 and they came out and danced for the canoe people. Dancer's wife 

 had thought that he would take her in at once, but he would not have 

 anything to do with her. 



Then the people were asked to come in and eat, and they were all 

 fed by the boys and their uncle. Afterward they built their houses 

 all about him and made the place their permanent village. 



76. THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE FROG" 



A certain girl once said something very bad to a frog. Some time 

 afterward she went up to the woods with her little sister, and sutl- 

 denly her little sister lost her. She had met a fine-looking man and 

 had walked on with him for a long time imtil they were far off from 

 the village. When her little sister got home they asked her, "Where 

 is your sister?" and she said, "I thought tliat she had gotten back 

 home." They searched for the girl everywhere but could not find 

 her. They did not see her for a long, long time. 



The man that this girl had met was really a frog, which she had 

 married, and she now. had two children. To her, however, the frogs 

 looked like human beings. One day this girl said to her children, 

 "Run down and see your grandfather and grandmother. Their 

 house is just in the middle of the village, and you will know it as soon 

 as you see it." So the children went down to the house, but, when 

 they entered it, some one called out, "Look at those little fi'ogs com- 

 ing into the house." Then their grandmother said, "Put them out." 

 So they were thrown out of doors. 



When the children got back to their mother she said, "Did you 

 see your grandmother?" and one answered, "I think it was she. We 

 went into a house," which they described so that their mother knew 

 at once that it was the right one, "and some one called out, saying, 

 'Look at these frogs.' Then some one else said, 'Tlu-ow them out,' 

 and they did so." 



Then their mother said, "Go back and try to see her again even if 

 they do throw you out." So the little frogs went down and entered 

 their grandmother's house once more. Again some one called out, 

 "Those little frogs are in here again." But this time their grantl- 

 father said, "Bring them here to me. My daughter is missing. 

 These might be her little ones." So he held out his fox robe and 

 they laid the little frogs upon it. The frogs crawded all over his 

 breast and shoulders. Then the frogs were seated in front of their 

 grandfather and were given cranberries. They picked them up one 

 by one with the fore foot and put them into their mouths. 



a See story 22. 



