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KITPOOSEAGUNOW THE AVENGEE
ONCE upon a time there was a lonely little
boy. He had no playmates; he had no
mother; his father was away on long hunting
trips much of the time, and so the child was
alone in the wigwam.
Sometimes the little boy would play in the
forest near the wigwam. One day he was play
ing beside an old well, and he happened to look
in. What was his surprise to see, down in the
well, a little ~boy! The child looked up and
smiled; and after a little while he climbed up
out of the well.
What is your name?" asked the lonely little
boy.
"My
name is Kitpooseagunow,
answered
the child,
"and I am your brother. When our
wicked grandfather seized our mother, and
I was born. He threw
was taking her away,
me into the well, and I have lived there ever
since.
The two children played happily together all
day; and when night was coming, Kitpooseagunow
went back to his home in the well. As
he was leaving his brother he said :
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