Raven danced. Then they stopped to rest.
Marmot said, “I like your dancing. Now I will sing again, so shut your eyes and dance your best.”
So Raven shut his eyes and danced clumsily around. Marmot sang,
“Oh, Raven, Raven, Raven, what a graceful dancer!
Oh, Raven, Raven, Raven, what a fool you are!”
Because Marmot, with a quick run, had darted between Raven’s legs and was safe in his hole.
When Marmot was safe in his hole, he put out the tip of his nose and mocked Raven. He said, “Chi-kik-kik, chi-kik-kik, chi-kik-kik! You are the greatest fool I ever saw. What a comical figure you cut when dancing! I could hardly keep from laughing. Just look at me—see how fat I am. Don’t you wish you could eat me?”
Raven, in a rage, flew far away.
THE BRINGING OF THE LIGHT BY RAVEN
Eskimo (Lower Yukon)