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ANIMAL STORIES 163
swamp after the rabbit, and came to a lake.
There in the centre of the lake was a great
canoe, full of Indian warriors, pointing their
arrows at him.
Keoonik was sorry, now, that he had vowed
to kill the first Indian he saw; because an In
dian could not break his vow, after it had once
been made. So he plunged into the water and
swam toward the canoe.
The Indians shot their arrows at him, and,
stinging with pain, he was forced to turn
back to the shore. Then he decided that he
would not pursue Ableegumooch any longer.
So he went back through the forest to his own
wigwam.
As soon as Keoonik had returned to the for
est, the canoe with its warriors and chief dis
appeared, and Ableegumooch scampered off
into the woods with the string of eels for his
grandmother to cook for dinner. And while he
was enjoying them, Ableegumooch decided that
he had retaliated upon the otter.
And kespeadooksit the story ends.