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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 127
and in the river for their fish.
She made their
fur blankets and clothing, and she cut down the
great trees for their fire in the cold winter.
She was their only child, and they lived alone
in that part of the forest.
When the giant s son saw how helpless the
old people were, he said,
"If
you will only give
me the maiden for my wife, I will care for you
as long as you live. You shall never want for
food ;
and when the cold snows of winter cover
the forest, they shall be swept away from your
door, and you shall have warmth and cheer in
your wigwam. But I must tell you that my
father is a terrible Kookwes, and I shall need
to protect you from him.
The old people answered, "It is well, sonin-law.
Then the young hunter returned to his home.
He had spent the whole day with the beautiful
maiden, and he had no fresh tracks to report to
his father.
The next morning, he hurried off in another
direction, and found the tracks of Indians, and
as soon as his father had set off to find them,
the son told his mother about the beautiful
maiden in the forest.
"But
you cannot bring her here, my son;
your father would devour her,"
the mother
said.
i
Only tell my father about her,
he pleaded.