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

FAIRY TALES 241
lash with it. This put new life into the tired
animal. He galloped on at twice the speed,
and soon they were far ahead of their pursuers.
At last they reached the thick cloud. The horse
gave a great leap into it, and they were safe
beyond the dominions of the evil spirit.
When they were on the other side of the cloud,
they met the stranger who had helped the boy
rescue his brother.
"Do not go into the village, but go into the
forest and pass the night there/ the stranger
said. Then he took off his cloak and threw it
over the horse s head, and went away.
The boy took the horse into the forest and
tied him to a tree and then lay down to sleep.
In the morning, when he awoke, he found his
brother sitting beside him, now turned back into
his own form. But he was without clothing;
so the boy went into the village and begged
some for him, and soon he was clothed and
ready to start out into the world again. The
stranger met them.
"Go to your home, now, and carry the cloak
I left with you last night. Throw it over your
father/
They went home, and as soon as they saw their
father, they threw the cloak over him, as they
had been told to do. Then the father ran out
of the house; and the moment he was outside
the door he was turned into a horse, and an