But the poor wolf-boy avoided his grasp, crying, as he fled, "Neesia, neesia. Since you left me going in the canoe, a-he-ee, I am half changed into a wolf, E-wee. I am half changed into a wolf, E-wee!" And he howled between these words of lament.
The elder brother, sore at heart and feeling all of his brotherly affection strongly returning, cried out with renewed anguish, "My brother! my brother! my brother!"
But the nearer he approached to poor Sheem, and the faster Sheem fled, the more rapidly the change from boy to wolf went on; the boy-wolf by turns singing and howling, and calling out the name, first of his brother, next of his sister, till the change was complete. Then he leaped upon a bank, and looking back, cast upon Owasso a glance of deep reproach and grief.
"I am a wolf!" he cried and disappeared in the woods.
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