Glooscap the great chief, and other stories - ElectricCanadian.com

HOW ABLEEGUMOOCH RETALIATED
UPON THE OTTER
WHEN Keoonik, the Otter, would not dine
with Ableegumooch and his grand
mother, but went away hungry, Ableegumooch
vowed that he would punish him well for his
rudeness. In order to do this, he must have
magical power. So as time passed, Ableegu
mooch willed to have magical power and, at
last, the day came when he acquired the mag
ical power he had been trying to gain.
He went to the wigwam of Keoonik, and
found that both the Otter and his grandmother
But near the door was a string of
were away.
eels, evidently just placed there by the Otter.
Ableegumooch caught up the string of eels
and started off with them.
Very soon Keoonik returned, to find his string
of eels gone, and to see many tracks of a rab
bit about the wigwam door. As the Otter fol
lowed the tracks he could see the marks in the
sand made by the eels whenever they touched
the ground. Following the tracks, the Otter
soon came within sight of the rabbit with the
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