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' t . After the Greedy Glutton. Wolverirte. had been driven from the Refuge Ground. Nokomis w leu anxious about her ttock of
fish in the Smoke Lodge and found time to prepare a little surprise for Growling Bird and Yellow Hair. The children wished to go in
bathing and had asked her to make them swimming suits, but before this she had not been able to spare the time. Now. however, she
presented them with a suit apiece, which she had made from some of their old clothes. ' There were no other bathers to criticize the
ttyle of their bathing suits, so the children thought they were very fine indeed. Because Yellow Hair had never learned to swim. Big
Bear took the children to a part of the river where it was quite shallow, and, after settling himself comfortably where he could keep an
eve on thern, jit told them togoaheadandeTthwnialvet.
Of course; Little Bear and Aundak, the Crow, went along as usual, but THEY did not need any special bathing suits 1 Nof
they never had to worry about ANY kind of clothes 1 All the preparation that Little Bear made before going in swimming was to
take off his fancy moccasins, to keep them dry, because these are very unpleasant things to wear when they get wet Now, there was
a good-sized log floating close to the shore and Little Bear waded out and got astride of it! Then Aundak flew out and lit on it, too,
saying that he hoped his weight would not sink it I But Yellow Hair was a little bit timid about venturing in, and Growling Bird
had to' take hold of her hands before she dared make the attempt. But in a little while they were all perched on the log and having
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There was a great commotion in the water and SOMETHING BIG bumped against Yellow Hair's little bare feett Then tKSVe
' j appeared above the surface the long nose of Nahmay, the Great Sturgeon, who had been lying in the shadow of the Big Rock watch-
, ing the wiggling toes of the little girl and wondering if they were not something good to eat But because Sturgeon's mouth is like the
Sucker fishes, and opens downward, he has to take his food from the bottom of the river, so he failed to get the little girl's foot in his
mouth. But Yellow Hair was badly frightened-ahd who can blame her? Of course. Growling Bird tried to scare 'away ithe Great
Fislvand even Aundakxawed out "BACK UPf But when Bi Bear came solashine in then things REALLY began to happen!
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The log Tolled over and gave them a sudden ducking, but it was on the side farthest from the danger, and, before Nah-may,
the Great Sturgeon, could turn himself and get back into deep water. Big Bear had made a grab for him and lifted him clear out of the
stream. ,
Of course. Sturgeon kicked and struggled, but Big Bear hung on, and. although the great strong fish nearly knocked him off
his feet several times, he managed to get him on uf dry land at last! Big Bear was rather proud of having captured the "King of
Pishes." especially as Sturgeon had scared awiymost of the smaller fish in the stream, and. besides,' he had broken through, all the
nets and snares Nokomis had set for his capture. .
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grt as much g!T he did. out of his fight with Wolverine So fie bravely came up and slapped Nah-may, the Sturgeon, on the tail!
, ' It is not likely that the Big Fish felt it at all; but in his struggles, he fetched Little Bear such a blow with that same tail that it knocked
the little cub backward, head over heels I .You may be aura that the children kept out of reach of such a dangerous weapon after they
aw what happened to Lrttk Bear. r '
When Nokomis came us she was greatly pleased to see that Bie Bear had captured such a fine prize and Biz Bear, himself'
was rather proud of the job! And then Little Bear had to show off a bit ftlao. He took up a atone and began to pound" the head of -the
dead fish, but even 'then, he took good'eare to keep away from the dangerous taill .. ."''."'.'
Now, in the blunt nose of the fresh-waiter Sturgeon there ia a found lump of gristle that is so elastic that it will bounce when
thrown against the ground, very like a rubber! ball Little Indian boys knowJiftw to make use of this, and they make a very good play
, Ing ball out of the stufflthough it does not last very long. little Growling Bird and Aundak both knew of this and, later, you ma ;
read bow the DID play a kind of ball gamtf widitnrgeea'l hose"k ' ' -'V; '" A.f.Cf
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