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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 123
and I saw a flock of wild geese rising from the
shore, and I shot them, every one. And they
are outside your door. And much good may
they do you!"
The sorcerer was taken off his guard. All
of his comrades had been killed but the old
grandmother !
"Ah! Our dogs must fight this out,"
he
He called his dogs from another room,
said.
great, fierce beasts possessed of magical power.
They went out in front of the wigwam, and
Pulowech took from his bosom the little
squirrel and stroked it, and placed it upon the
ground, and it was instantly transformed into
a huge beast. It sprang at the two dogs and
fought them furiously.
When the sorcerer saw that his two dogs
were no match for Pulowech s dog, he cried,
call off "Oh, your dog. Those dogs belong to
my grandmother, and she prizes them."
But Pulowech did not notice what the sor
cerer was saying, and soon the two beasts lay
dead upon the ground.
Now the sorcerer had one other hope of de
stroying Pulowech, and that was in the Cav
ern of Darkness.
"Let us go in the canoe," he said.
So the two set off in the canoe. The river
was broad and smooth at first ;
but soon it grew
narrow, until, without warning, it fell into the