MANABUSH AND THE MOOSE
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MANABUSH killed a moose. He was very hungry, but he was greatly troubled as to how he should eat it.
“If I begin at the head,” he said, “they will say I ate him headfirst. But if I begin at the side, they will say I ate him sideways. And if I begin at the tail, they will say I ate him tail first.”
He was greatly troubled. And while he thus spoke, the wind blew two tree branches together. It made a harsh, creaking sound.
“I cannot eat in this noise,” said Manabush, and he climbed the tree. Immediately the branches caught him by the arm and held him. Then a pack of wolves came and ate up the moose.