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162 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
walking about with a singular jumping gait.
Keoonik noticed that the Chief, too, had long
pointed ears. The Otter walked up to him.
"Did
you see a rabbit running along this
way?" the Otter asked. was "He carrying a
string of eels. I tracked him to this village.
Babbit f Rabbit f the Chief asked in a puz
zled way. "What kind of a thing
is that!"
"Oh,"
Keoonik answered,
"a small white
creature, with long ears and long legs and a
short tail."
"No,
I have seen no such creature," the In
dian Chief answered. "But
stay and feast
with us."
So Keoonik stayed, and in the midst of the
feasting and gaiety suddenly someone struck
him on the head, from behind, and Keoonik fell
over unconscious ! When he opened his eyes
there was no feast before him; there were
no Indians all was quiet. There was no In
dian village all Keoonik could see was the
tracks of a rabbit in the sand.
Then Keoonik knew that he had been out
witted a second time by Ableegumooch, and in
his anger, he vowed that he would kill the first
Indian he met.
Away he went, determined not to be cheated
again. Soon he had gained upon the rabbit,
whom he saw enter a swamp and then disappear
from his sight. Keoonik ran along, entered the