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

LEGENDS OF GLOOSCAP 279
married, nor had a child, he knew nothing of
the way of managing children. But, like all
such people, he felt very certain that he knew
all about it. So he turned to the baby with a
sweet smile, and bade the little one come to him.
The Baby smiled back at the Great Chief,
but he did not budge.
Then the Master spoke sweetly, and made his
voice like the sound of a summer bird, but it
was of no avail, for Wasis sat still and sucked
his maple sugar, and looked at Glooscap with
untroubled eyes.
And then the Master frowned as in great
anger, and spoke in an awful voice, and ordered
Wasis to come crawling to him at once. Baby
burst out into wild tears and screams but for
all that he did not move one inch.
Then the Master, since he could do but one
thing more, tried that. Glooscap had recourse
to magic. He used his most dreadful spells;
he sang the songs which raise the dead, and
scare the devils, and drive the witches to their
in the forest.
graves, and bend the great pines
the time Wasis sat and looked at him
And all
admiringly, and seemed to think it interesting
but for all that he did not stir.
So in despair Glooscap gave up, for he had
no more arts. And Wasis, sitting on the floor
in the sunshine, went, "Goo!
Goo!"
And to this day, when you see a baby, quite