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

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"Oh,
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from nowhere in particular,
the Loon
replied.
Then the sister ran to where her brother was
hiding and he walked down to the water be
hind her, so that the Loon would not see him.
He spoke to the Loon and soon the three talked
together without any fear.
"My
children,
the Loon asked,
"do
you
want anything
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"No, grandfather," they said,
"we do not
need anything."
"Listen to me, my children," the Loon said,
"and I will give you power more than most
Indians have."
The children went home then, but ever after
that day, whenever the maiden heard the Loon
calling, she felt lonely, and she would sit a
long time in one place as though in deep
thought. Very often the Loon came to the
brother and sister, when they were on the
shore; but he never went to them if any one
else were with them.
One day the Loon said:
"Your village is to be destroyed in a few
A terrible Kookwes is on the way here.
days.
Tell your parents to move down to the shore;
and when you hear the Kookwes coming, go
into the water and hide there until he goes
away."