MANABUSH killed a moose. He was very hungry, but he was greatly troubled as to how he should eat it.
“If I begin at the head,” he said, “they will say I ate him headfirst. But if I begin at the side, they will say I ate him sideways. And if I begin at the tail, they will say I ate him tail first.”
He was greatly troubled. And while he thus spoke, the wind blew two tree branches together. It made a harsh, creaking sound.
“I cannot eat in this noise,” said Manabush, and he climbed the tree. Immediately the branches caught him by the arm and held him. Then a pack of wolves came and ate up the moose.
ORIGIN OF DAY AND NIGHT
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ONE day as Wabus, the Rabbit, traveled through a forest, he came to a clearing on the bank of the river. There sat Totoba, the Saw-whet Owl. The light was dim and Rabbit could not see well. He said to Saw-whet,
“Why do you want it so dark? I do not like it. I will cause it to be light.”
Saw-whet said, “Do so, if you are strong enough. Let us try our powers.”