“You shall eat after the manitou has talked to you,” said the father.
“I will not fast; let me have my bow and arrows and I will hunt for you,” said the boy.
“If you will not go into the little wigwam, you shall not come back to my fire. You may sleep where you can find a place, but never come back to me until you have talked to a manitou,” said the warrior.
The boy ran into the forest and hid himself. He picked berries all day and made a bed on the moss at night. The moon shone very bright, and he thought there was a face in it, so he asked the moon to take care of him while he slept. [[212]]
The boy awoke, but it was not day. A girl stood by him dressed in shining clothes, and her face was like the one he had seen in the moon.
“I shall have to go back to my sky teepee, but you must go with me. Stand up quickly and take hold of my hand. Come, Cloud Catcher, come, for the stars are going to hide,” and the boy felt himself rising and moving through the air like a bird.
Cloud Catcher went through the clouds into the beautiful country behind the sky, and soon they stopped in front of a great teepee which belonged to a great chief with hair like fire. The chief was the moon maiden’s brother.
“You are not wise,” said the great chief to the girl.
“I am alone; let me have him and I shall be happy,” said the moon maiden.
The chief gave the boy a pipe and a bow and some arrows. “You may stay,” said the sun chief.