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32 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
able to walk ;
and soon he could go to the wig
wam his sister had built. When he entered
the lodge and saw Bootup s sister, he said to
her:
"You have saved my life."
Now they all lived happily together, and at
length Usitabulajoo asked the sister to stay
and be his wife.
"I will be your wife, even if it be for thirty
years," she replied,
"if
you will keep far from
the salt water. But if you ever encamp near
the sea, then I am free from my vow, and I
will return to my own land."
Usitabulajoo was quite ready to make this
promise, and they moved away to a strange
country far from the ocean. There a baby boy
came to them, and the two boys grew up to
gether very happily.
But there came a time when Usitabulajoo
moved his lodge; and on their journey a great
storm came upon them, and they lost their way
in the darkness. Usitabulajoo built a shelter
where they could rest for the night, and wait
for the storm to pass over.
Early in the morning the wife awoke and
thought she would go out and see what the
country about was like. As she stood in the
doorway of the wigwam she saw stretching be
fore her the great blue ocean!
At once her love for the sea took possession