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130 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
the child s father fell to the ground. He
knew what had happened. The little bag had
been harmed. It was a magical bag, and the
brave took his life from it. If all of the oil
should drop out of the little
bag, he would die
alone in the forest. He must try to reach
home!
So he turned towards home, but he grew
weaker and weaker, and he knew that the oil
was dripping, dripping, from the little bag in
the corner. He went along, stumbling at every
step, until at last, he came within sight of the
wigwam; and then, nearer and nearer until
he reached the doorway. He drew aside the
skins, and there he saw his wife trying to keep
the oil from dropping out of the bag.
"Ah! You did not keep your promise to
me,"
he said. "Now great harm will fall upon
you."
He took the little bag and made it whole
again, for he alone could do that. And then
he went back into the distant forest again, leav
ing his wife to her fate.
Soon she heard a great noise outside. She
looked and there, coming to the wigwam, draw
ing a sled after him, was a terrible giant!
She knew at once that this was her father-inlaw.
The cruel, fierce giant came into the wigwam,
and seized her, and took her away on the big