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

.WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 99
The next night, sure enough, they heard the
great shout of the giant, as he rushed into the
village. They hid in the lake until morning, as
the Loon had told them to do. They could hear
the screams and the noise while the terrible
giant was destroying the village.
After the village was destroyed, and the giant
had gone away, they went back to where their
old home had been. But they liked the new
lodge so much better, that they never moved
back to the village.
Day by day the two children and the Loon
were together on the rocks by the lake. The
Loon taught the boy how to be a swift runner ;
and how to walk on the water as the Loons do ;
and then he taught him how to fly in the air,
so that he could hunt in all these ways. Then
the Loon said:
"Now
your family will never be in want of
food; but, if you should ever need my help, I
will come to you."
Now, years had passed away, since the day
when the little Indian girl had walked on the
shore in her robe of bright leaves. She was
now a beautiful maiden. She was alone one
day by the water, when the Loon came to her,
and asked her to be his wife.
"Mogwaa no,"
she said.
But when she went home, she told her mother
what the Loon had said.