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

WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 47
that we will marry
him. And when we are
once upon the ground, we will run away."
The first who passed by was Team, the
Moose.
"
"Our elder brother, the sisters called down
to him. "Set us free! Take us down! We
will go home with you, and be your wives."
Team looked up, and saw the pretty white
forms of the Weasel girls, but he only sneered
at them.
"Why, I am already married," he called
back to them. "I was married last autumn."
And then he went along on his journey through
the forest.
Then after a long while, Mooin, a great brown
Bear, came by.
"Oh,
our elder brother," the Weasels cried;
set us free ! Take us down ! We will go home
with you and be your wives." Mooin looked
up and saw the Weasel girls upon the tree-top.
"But I do not need a wife,"
he said. "I
was married in the spring,"
and he growled
and walked on.
Then came Abistanaooch, the Marten, and
the Weasel sisters called to Mm.
But Marten did not care to help them either.
"Oh,
I was married in the early spring," he
called to them, and scampered off, leaving the
Weasel girls still high up in the pine tree.
All day long the Weasel girls had been in