Glooscap the great chief, and other stories - ElectricCanadian.com

THE CHILDREN AND THE LOON
MAGICIAN
ONCE upon a time a little Indian boy and
girl lived with their parents beside a
large lake. They were always playing to
gether but
; they loved best of all to play on the
shore beside the water.
One day the two children went fishing, and
the boy said:
"Can
you tell what kind of fish I catch !"
"Of course I can,"
the sister replied.
"What is this then?" he asked, holding up a
fish, but quickly throwing it into the water
again, before she could see it. "There, there,"
he said,
"I knew that you could not tell what
kind of fish I catch!"
Soon after this the sister caught a fish and
held it up.
"Do you know what this is, my
asked.
"It is a trout,"
he said.
brother?" she
"No, no, it is not,"
she answered. "It is a
Takooonow there! After all your crowing
I have beaten you."
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