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true, for he trusted no one, being so deceitful
himself.
At last, he was so curious to try the charm
that, although he had made but a half-hour s
journey, he could wait no longer. So he gath
ered his sticks together and arranged them as
the Wolf Chief had directed. Then he jumped
over them; and lo! At once his sticks were
blazing with fire.
The Badger stopped to warm himself by the
fire, and then went on his way again. Very
soon he began to feel cold, and he thought how
pleasant it would be to have a warm fire. So
he placed sticks together again, and jumped
over them; and as before there arose a blaze.
The Badger was pleased. But this was his sec
ond fire, and he had still three cold nights before
he would reach the end of his journey.
He went on a little further, and although it
was only afternoon, he began to think about his
third fire.
"Now, who knows," he thought,
"but the
weather may take a turn to a thaw, and give us
a warm night? The clouds look as though the
wind would soon be southwesterly. Have I not
heard my grandmother say that such a red
colour meant something of the sort? Any
how, I will take a chance, for I need a fire."
The Badger again arranged the sticks and
jumped over them, and soon was enjoying a fine