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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 51
ance to test the maidens, so she answered them,
"The chief has many beautiful daughters. I
will talk with him."
When she told the chief about this Indian,
who had come there, seeking a wife, and
that he was so scarred and sore, and that he
"
did not look at all like a brave young warrior,
the chief said at once, Bring the young brave
hither, and let him take the choice of my
daughters." For the old chief, too, had a
touch of magical power, and he at once knew
that this Indian was not what he seemed to
be.
The beautiful daughters seated themselves
in a circle about the wigwam, and waited for
the young brave to enter, and choose one of them
for his wife. As he entered the wigwam, he
let the branches of the doorway brush against
his face and tear the scars and sores. When
the beautiful maidens saw this stumbling crea
ture, with his face bleeding, they screamed and
ran. Just one remained on her mat. She
was the youngest and best of all the chief s
daughters. The young man sat down beside
her.
They were married that very day, and the
maiden could not keep back her tears.
"Do not cry, my child," the old chief said.
"You
will soon find that you have no reason to
be sorrowful."