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

FAIRY TALES 233
and rushed down to the shore. They
are in
the i"
quagmire
The brothers ran down to the shore to see,
and there, sure enough, were the pigs with just
the tips of their tails sticking out of the sand.
They seized the tails to pull them out, but the
tails broke off (so they thought) and the pigs
sank down into the mire so deep that they could
never be found.
At last Coolnajoo made so much trouble for
his brothers with his cleverness that they de
cided to do away with him altogether. They
thought it would be best to drown him so
; they
tied him up in a bag, and took him down to the
shore when the tide was out, and buried him,
leaving him to be drowned when the tide came
in.
Soon Coolnajoo heard a drove of pigs going
by,
saying:
"Uh! Uh! Uh!"
"Come and help me,"
he called. "If
you
will uncover me and untie me, I will lead you to
a place where you can feed on chickweed to your
hearts content." The pigs heard him calling
and went to the spot where he was buried.
They thrust their noses deep into the soft earth,
and soon unburied the bag. They dragged it
out, and untied the string. Up jumped Coolna
joo, seized one of the pigs, and thrust him into