"Your corn was stolen by a white man. He is an old man, and he is a short man."
One of the neighbors had seen a little old man. He was going to the woods with a bag on his back.
They went out to hunt for him. Soon he was found, and the bag of corn was returned to its owner.
How could the Indian tell who had taken the corn? Every one wanted to know.
"I will tell you," said the Indian. "I knew that the thief was an old man from the heavy mark of his feet in the earth. A young man's step is much lighter.
"I knew he was a white man because he turned his toes out when he walked. An Indian does not walk in that way.
"Did you not see that he stood on a stool to reach the bag of corn? This shows that he was a short man."
"Now see," said the neighbors. "If you had kept your eyes open as the Indian keeps his open, you would not have said that he stole your corn."