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

HOW PULOWECH AVENGED THE SEA
MAIDEN
AFTER the wicked people of the forest had
destroyed the sea maiden, they knew that
they must hide from the angry Pulowech; for
he would surely avenge her death.
One sorcerer said,
"I will hide myself high
up in the cliff beyond the forest. I will turn
myself into the stone of the cliff and stay there
until the anger of Pulowech passes away."
"And I,"
said another sorcerer,
"will go far
beyond that place, and climb in the cliff and
stay there turned into stone until the anger of
Pulowech passes away."
"And I will go far beyond the reach of Pulo
wech into another country," the third sorcerer
said.
Then the oldest sorcerer of all, an old woman
whom they called "Grandmother" said, will
"I
go far beyond you, my son. I will go beyond
the Cavern of Darkness. Pulowech will never
find me there."
There was still a band of the sorcerers left,
and they said, "We will turn ourselves into a
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