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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 101
"Let us hasten from here,"
he said;
"we are
in danger. The Loon has just warned me."
So the three stole out of the village in the
night, and were far away when it was found
that they had escaped.
Soon after they returned home, the father
and mother died; and the brother and sister
and Kwemoo lived together by the beautiful
lake.
will do all for you in my power, for seven
"I
years,"
the Loon said. "Then I must leave
you, and return to my own people."
Kwemoo kept his word. For seven years
they lived a quiet, happy life. It was so beau
tiful there that the wife wished to stay
in that
one place, and not move from place to place.
So they stayed until the seven years came to
an end, and then the Loon said :
"I must leave you now and go to my own
people."
So he went back to his own people, and the
brother and sister were left alone by the lake.
The third day after he had gone away, the
sister said:
"I feel sad and lonely." She went down to
the water, and sat on a rock, and looked across
the lake.
In a little while some one touched her arm.
She looked up, and there beside her was her
husband, Kwemoo.