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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 67
Although she was so terrified, the woman
thought instantly of a plan for escape. She
rushed toward the monster, crying out, "Why,
my own dear father, where have you come from,
after being gone so long? Come in! Come
in!" She took him hy the hand, and led him
into the lodge. "But, my dear father, why do
I see you so worn and ill-used ?" she said, as
she gave him a blanket of her husband s to put
on.
The Chenoo made no answer to her talk, but
took the clothing and put it on, and sat down
where he was bidden.
"Are
you not hungry?" she asked and
hastened to place food before him. The Chenoo
scarcely tasted it, and all the time he looked at
her angrily and fiercely.
The woman tried to conceal her terror.
She
talked all the time pleasantly, and busied her
self to make the horrible creature comfortable.
At last she went out to gather more wood for the
fire. The Chenoo rose and followed.
"Give me the axe,"
he said. She gave it to
him, thinking, "Now he will kill me." But he
began cutting down the trees. He cut them
and broke them up as though they were straw,
and soon there was so much wood that she
said, "My father, that is enough. We have
plenty."
Then the Chenoo laid down the axe, and went