One day the women came back with sharp-pointed picks, made from the antlers of the reindeer. They began to dig up the herbs and to eat some of the roots. Again Grass was frightened. He saw a small creeping plant nearby, very small and obscure. Grass said, “I wish I were a Creeping Plant.” At once he became a small Creeping Plant.
The women came back again and tore up much of the small creeping plant. Grass became much worried. He said, “I wish I were that small Tuber-plant there.” At once he became a plant having a tuberous root.
Courtesy “Alaska-Yukon Magazine”
Alaska Cotton on the Tundra, near Nome
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