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BONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 63
The Indian sat in the stern of the canoe ;
his
wife sat in the prow; and the dog sat in the
middle. The dog kept his ears and nose
pointed in the direction they were to go, and
they glided so rapidly over the smooth water
that they were soon in sight of home. Their
children saw them nearing the shore, and ran
down to meet them, shouting for joy. And the
dog, as soon as he saw them safely ashore,
turned and ran home again, leaping and running
over the water as though it were ice.
Now this Indian, who had always been poor,
began to see better days. When he let down his
lines, the biggest fish came to them and thus in
;
every way he prospered. The time passed so
quickly, and he was so busy, that before the
seven years had passed he had almost forgotten
that he had ever been lost in the fog. But when
the seven years were nearly ended, as he slept
he began to have many dreams. In them he
went back to the land of the giants, and saw all
those who had been so kind to him. And one
night he dreamed that he was standing by his
wigwam near the sea, and that a great whale
swam up to him and began to sing and the ;
sing
ing was the sweetest that he had ever heard.
Then he remembered that the giant had told
him he would be reminded of him in seven years,
and he thought,
"I must be looking toward the
"
"
southwest. And he said to his wife, These