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

"
96 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
They laughed, and kept on with their fishing,
walking along the shore. By and by they heard
a Loon crying in the distance.
There is a Kwemoo crying," the little girl
said. "It makes me feel lonely. Let us go
home." So they went home, carrying their
fish ;
and their mother cooked it for them.
The next day the children built a little play
house on the shore. They spent hours play
ing there together. When people passed they
would see the children talking earnestly to
gether, and they would say:
"What queer little children!"
One day the brother said :
"I will make you a beautiful robe, my sister."
So he gathered a great many leaves, red and
yellow ones, and made her a bright, glistening
robe. The little girl put it on, and then the
two went down to the shore of the lake.
Very
soon they heard a Loon calling, and the brother
said:
"I will hide; but you walk back and forth
along the shore. The Loon will see you, and
perhaps he will come and talk with you."
The little sister walked along the shore in
her bright robe, and soon the Loon saw her
and came to where she was standing.
NiksJcamich grandfather, she said ;
"where have you come from?"