“Did he obey you?” asked the grandmother.
“No,” said the warrior. “He is a little fellow, but he is mightier than I.”
“WASIS SENT FORTH SUCH PIERCING YELLS AND SHRIEKS, THAT THE WARRIOR STOPPED IN AMAZEMENT”
“Yes,” answered the grandmother, “Wasis, [!-- original location of illustration --] the baby, conquers us all, and no one can resist him.”
And the baby, left alone in the lodge with his maple sugar, stopped now and then to say, “Goo, goo!” For had he not conquered the mighty warrior, the great brave of the tribe?
WHY THE SQUIRREL COUGHS
(Algonquin)
A GREAT trickster was Manabozho. He loved to play jokes upon his friends of the forest.