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158 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
"It is wonderful/ 9 thought he, "how easily
some people can get a living! Why can I not
do as the bear does? Why I can, of course!
Come over and dine with me, to-morrow, he
said to the Bear.
The next day, at the appointed time, the Bear
came.
"Noogwnee, prepare the meal," said Albeegumooch,
even more proudly than ever before.
"But,"
said the old lady,
"there is nothing
to prepare."
"Put over the kettle to boil, and 7 will at
tend to the rest,"
said Ableegumooch, throw
ing out his chest importantly. He took a small
stone knife, and began to cut his foot, as he
had seen the Bear do. But alas for his poor
little lean toes! Bits of skin and fur were all
he could cut from them. He hacked and hacked
at one foot and then at another, but all in vain.
He could not get any meat to start the dinner,
for he did not have cushions like the Bear.
The Bear looked on in astonishment, and
said to the grandmother:
"What on earth is the fellow trying
to do?"
"Oh,
dear! Oh, dear!" sighed the grand
mother, shaking her head, suppose he has
"I
seen someone else do that and he thinks that
he can do it too."
"Come!" said the bear, "give
me your knife,
and let us see what I can do." So he took the