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

FAIRY TALES 223
yon may work for me a day and at the
hide,
end of the day I will give it to you."
"Do let me work for you/ said the boy, very
happy at the thought of owning a magical belt.
The very next day the boy worked for the
stranger, and he did more work in that one day
than an ordinary man could do in a week. At
the end of the day, the stranger gave him the
strip of raw-hide from the back of the bull, and
soon the magical belt was made, just as the
voice had directed.
Then in a dream the voice came to the boy
again :
"Cut a few hairs from the raw-hide belt;
then go out and cut a small lock from the backs
of seven large bulls. Cut these hairs into small
pieces and place them together, and they will
be all the medicine you will require. The belt
will give you whatever you desire. But this
power will continue for seven years only. At
the end of that time, your skill in medicine will
leave yon and the belt will lose its power."
He visited a city where there was
The boy now started out on a tour of cattledoctoring.
a valuable bull very sick. He examined it,
and
then went to the owner.
"I am
a cattle doctor,"
he said,
"and I know
that I can make your animal well, if you
me take care of it."
will let