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

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THE BADGER AND THE BIRDS
Badger lived with his small brother
THEnear a forest. When winter came, the two
brothers went off together into the woods to
hunt. Going on and on, at last they came to
a large, beautiful lake. The water was all cov
ered with water-fowl. There were wild geese,
and brant, and black ducks, and wood-ducks, and
all the smaller kinds of birds, down to teal and
whistlers.
They were delighted to see so much game;
but the little brother called out to the Badger,
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How shall we manage to catch them ?
"I will show you how," the Badger replied.
must first build a large wigwam. It must
be very strong, with a heavy, solid door."
The wigwam was soon made. Then the Bad
ger said:
Go out to the point of land that reaches far
into the lake, and cry to all the birds, and tell
them that I am their chief, and that I wish to
hold council with them."
The brother did just as the Badger had told
him, and soon vast numbers of birds flocked
about the wigwam.
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