Shee-shee-banze called, but the elk turned and fled into the woods.
"He does not seem to obey you, however."
"No; it is because you inspire him with disgust, and therefore he flies from you."
Soon a bear made his appearance by the water's edge.
"What is that?"
"One of my servants."
Again he was requested to call him, and, as the call was disregarded, the same reason as before was assigned.
Their excursion was at length ended. There had been a little magic in it, for although the young girls had supposed themselves to be in a canoe, there was, in reality, no canoe at all. They only imagined it to have been so.
Now, Shee-shee-banze lived with his grandmother, and to her lodge he conducted his young friends.
They stood outside while he went in.