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

HOW THE CULLOO PUNISHED THE
BADGER
AFTER the ferryman, the Crane, had pun
ished the Badger for his rudeness, the
Badger s body lay helpless upon the rocks until
two little boys of the Culloo family happened
along.
"Halloa!"
they cried. "What is this?"
As soon as they spoke, the magical backbone
gave new life to the body, and up jumped the
Badger alive and well again, and as bent upon
mischief as ever.
The Badger now pretended that he belonged
to the Culloo tribe, too, and was very friendly.
He induced the two boys to teach him a lullaby,
and asked to try their bows. As if by accident
he broke the bows in small pieces, and then he
directed the boys
to the other side of the river
by a round-about way to find their play-fellows
for whom they were searching.
After the Culloo boys were safely away, the
Badger went to their home, where he found no
one but their mother. He told her that he was
a Culloo, but she did not believe him ;
and even
when he sang a Culloo lullaby,
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