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228 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
ter the hair over it, wishing as you do this, that
the pasture may be filled with cattle. The next
day at the same hour, return to the pasture and
claim as your own whatever you find."
The boy did just as the dream had told him,
and the next day he went back to the pasture
and there before him were all sorts and sizes
of cattle of the finest breeds. He drove the cat
tle home.
Where did you get all these cattle,"
asked
the father.
l
From the Great Spirit alone,
said the boy.
Soon after this, the dream told the boy to
place sheep s wool in the field and lay the belt
upon it, and wish for sheep. The morning after
he had done this he found a great flock of sheep
in the pasture.
the pas
Again, the dream told him how to fill
ture with geese, and then hens, and ducks, and
all other animals he might wish. Ajid all this
was done by the magical belt.
Now the seven years of magical power were
ended. The boy took the belt out into the pas
ture and left it there, for the dream had told
him to do this. He never saw the magical belt
again, and he had no more wonderful dreams.
But he lived very happily because of the seven
years of prosperity the magical belt had given
him.