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'. THE OREGON DAn.Y JOURNAL. PORTLAND., 5ATUKUAY , EVENINC; AUGUST, V 1907. ,
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Ont dajr. when tht un wit very hot. the children asked Nokomis if they Could (0 In iwinming again. Yeuow Hair waa not
afraid of having her toe bitten, now that Nth -may. the Great Sturgeon, waa no longer in the stream, and, betide, aha waa very
anxious to learn to swim like OrowUng Bird and Little Bear. Nokomia gava them permission: but, because Big Bear had gone into
the cool woods to sleep, and aa aha waa too busy herself to look after them, aha told the children that they must go up the river to
Tha-Placwof-Ruahca, where the water waa shallow and where it waa a nice, safe place for tittle folk to bathe. So they put on their
bathing suits and walked along the shore, hand in hand. Growling Bird took a big, sharp knife along to cut a bundle of rushes, out
of which ha intended to make a "float" which it a great help to any one learning to swim I
Little Indian boya and girls have no nice cork Jacketa, nor air bags, to buoy them up when learning to swim, but they find that
Uh-naukHUMiak. the tall, green rushes, whan bound together, float lightly and keep the hcad'atove water just aa well. (Those ax
the kind of rushes that, when dry. thejndiana weave into maul) Well. Growling Bird cut an armful of rushes and divided them into
two bundles. Then he tied other rushes around the ends to keep them together. ad. after placing them in such a way that they
looked like a big letter "V." he bound both ends together so that they would remain in that position. (You can see in. the picture the
way it is done!) Aundak, the Crow, looked on daring the making of the "float." although! HE didn't care anything about awimming.
When HE bathed, an inch or two of water waa plenty for him I But Little Bear waa proud of hia akilL
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He wanted to show off I So he stood on a big stone and called on the children to witch him "make heap fine diver It wasn't
much of a dive; he Just flopped in any way. But he made a great splash, and then paddled around "dog fashion" to show the little
girl how easy it waa when you know howl Growling Bird now pushed the "float" into the water and showed Yellow Hair how to
place her chin in the angle formed by the ends of the rushes. Then he showed her the way to strike out with the aiTilg, UlU Olid !US 1
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to kick hard, at the same time, with her feet The "float" kept her heed above water and moved along with her as aha stroked and
kicked herself forward, bit by bit. until, very soon, ahe began to get into the way of it Meanwhile, Aundak, the Crow, poking around
among the stones at the water's edge, spied a Crayfish and called to Little Bear to come and see hi
Little Bear scrambled ashore as quickly ae he could, but the noise he made scared Ah-shaw-gay-ahe, the Crayfish, so that he
acuttled backward and hid under a atone. They searched for him everywhere, but failed to find any trace of him. Meanwhile. Yclkm
Hair had learned the swimming stroke so well that Growling Bird thought ahe would be able to get along without the float He took
" holdtifthe end of it and gently drew it forward, telling the little girl to look at the sky and keep on evoking and kicking Just the same
as(she had been doing. Then, gradually, and without her noticing it he drew the end of the float from beneath her chin. Before Yel
low Hair actually realised it ahe waa swimming along, all by herself, and WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT AT ALL I -But when aha .
DID notice it she was "awfully" glad I She cried out: "I'M SWIMMING I I'M SWIMMING, ALL BY MYSELF!!!"
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; t ."Suddenly there waa a great npise and rumpus on shore! Squeals and "wuffs" came from Little Bear, and loud, angry "caws", ,
llV- (rom the Crow. It happened in this way : While the Bear Cub and the Crow were poking and snuffing around, trying to find Cray
. fish. HE was quietly watching them from hia hiding-place. He waited hie chancOnfL as soon arthey turned' their backs toward the
f water and were looking in Ae other direction, he crawled out and. grabbed AundaVs leg with one of hia sharp "nippers," and Little
Bear's foot with the other! Now Ah-shaw-gay-ahe, the Crayfish, 'although he lives in the fresh water and ia only a few inches in
J length, looks just like his cousin, the Lobster; but his color is pale green instead of black. He has the seme kind of nipping daws, and
when he taxes now 01 any one ne generally makes them bowl before he leu got f, V
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When the children saw what the cause of all the outcry was, they had to laueh it was so ridiculous! Then thnum ..w
feeling very big. Growling Bird waa proud because be bad taught Yellow Hair to swim, and SHE waa proud because she had learned
so quickly! But poor Crayfish: he fared badly! As toon at he felt he was being carried away from the water he let go' and tried to
get back but it was too late! , Little Bear quickly recovered-frorn his fright and pounced upon him, grabbing him fey the back. Then
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coolly began to EAT CRAYFISH AUVEIIt Even Aundak would have waited until it was cooked. But that was Little Bear's way
Of getting even with Crayfish for having pinched bis foot I Wasn't he HORRID;
Bear's way
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