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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 33
of her. She must go back to her old home.
Without waking the others, she took the two
boys, still sleeping, and ran with them down to
the shore, and plunged into the water.
Soon Usitabulajoo awoke, and when he found
that his wife and the two children were gone,
he called his sister, and together they ran to
the shore. There they saw the wife and the
two children sporting like whales far out in the
water.
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You have broken your vow to me, Usitabula
joo,"
she called,
"so I am freed from my prom
ise. I return to my own land." Then they
saw Bootup come speeding toward them from
far away and carry the three runaways across
the ocean.
Usitabulajoo and Bootupskw watched them,
until at last they seemed like a mere speck in
the water and until that, too, was lost in the
distance. Day after day the brother and sis
ter lingered by the shore, looking across the
sea for a glimpse of their loved ones. But
they never saw them again.
And kespeadooksit the story ends.