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114 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
ing along the shore, when suddenly he came
upon three beautiful sea maidens. They were
sitting upon a block of ice braiding their hair.
Pulowech had never seen them before, and he
How I wish that I might have one of
thought, *
those beautiful maidens for my wife!"
He stole near, thinking that he might seize
one before they saw him. But just as he
reached the block of ice where they were, they
saw him, and with a scream sprang into the
water and were out of sight.
I will wait here,"
Pulowech said,
"and
they
may come back again."
He gathered many spruce boughs and made
a bank of them near the block of ice. Day
after day he hid there, waiting for the sea
maidens to come back.
At "last there came a day when the sea
maidens returned to the very spot where they
had been before. Pulowech, watching through
the spruce boughs, saw them come up out of the
water, and look cautiously around. Then they
climbed upon the block of ice and untied their
hair-strings and began unbraiding their hair.
Pulowech stepped out from behind the bank
of spruce boughs, and came nearer and nearer
to the sea maidens. They did not hear him
coming. He was just reaching out his hand
to seize one, when suddenly they all screamed
and sprang into the sea again. But Pulowech