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

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FAIRY TALES 225
same hour, go to the pasture and claim as your
own whatever you find there.
The boy did as the dream told him. He ate
his breakfast, and then his dinner, and then he
went to the pasture and left the belt.
The next day at the very same hour, he went
back to the place where he had left the belt.
What was his surprise to see standing beside
the belt a great beautiful white bull! It was
the most beautiful animal he had ever seen.
He led it away to his home.
Soon the news of this wonderful bull spread
far and wide. Not far off in a city there lived
a king, who owned a bull. He was very proud
of this animal, and when he heard that there
aras another bull as wonderful as his own he
was angry.
"Who is
he asked.
the owner of this wonderful bull?"
"
"A
cattle-doctor, they said,
"and he has
such skill that the cattle always get well when he
gives them his wonderful medicine. r
"I must see this wonderful bull,"
said the
king so he sent
;
messengers to the cattle-doctor.
"The
king would like to see your beautiful
bull,"
the messengers said. So the boy went
to the city with his bull. On the way he told
the bull where they were going.
When the king saw the wonderful creature
he was so pleased that he wished to buy it.