One evening the crow seemed very sad and did not speak at all. The people wondered what was the matter, and felt sad too because they missed their lively crow, so they asked him: “Crow, what makes you so sad?”
“I am sorry for the people of Alaska,” said the crow, “because they have no daylight.”
“What is daylight?” said they. “What is it like? We have never heard of daylight.”
“Well,” said the crow, “if you had daylight in Alaska you could go everywhere and see everything, even animals from far away.”
This seemed very wonderful to them all, and they asked the crow if he would try to get them that “daylight.”
At first the crow refused all their entreaties. “I know where it is,” said he, “but it would be too hard for me to get it here.”
Then they all crowded around and begged him to go to the place where daylight was and bring them some.
Still the crow refused, and said he could not possibly get that light; but they coaxed him nicely, and the chief said, “O Crow, you are so clever and so brave, we know you can do that.”
At last the crow said, “Very well, I will go.”
The next day he started on his journey. Of course it was dark, but it was not stormy, and when he had said goodby to all the people he spread his wings and flew away toward the East, for the sun comes from the East.