Show a PlA liNG TRICKS ON CIANI WieSaiiKeChack Has a Gay Time With a Big Man and Pools Him Out of His Eyes r i BY W F FRASER f Copyright 1899 Lefroys smoke vas his rest and When the pipe commenced to rattle j Complainingly a little in the bowl he put it reluctantly lovingly aside and ommenccd tho following story One day AViesohke see a fine house np on a hill He don know that house he never see it before Wiesahke go up an look in that windows He see nobody no-body there Then he go inside that house Its I ver grand there plenty fur robe on the loor plenty pemmican an good grub to sat an plenty warm sort blankets wiesahke think I stop here so he PUt the kettle on an make some tea He take the Hour an make some bannock ban-nock an try some bacon He have a bg meal Then he lie down an sleep Bye and bye he feel something catch J hoi him an lit him up When he open nes eyes he see a giant then he ver froicl Before one time he hear that giant eat people What you do here say the giant Oh I jus come see you say Wie Eabke I hear you live all lone an I r think you mus be lonesome so I come live with youhelp you take care you house Wiesahke speak that lie cause I hes fraid that giant kill an eat him What you name say the giant My name Musquah say Wiesahke I He don want tell her own name I think I kill you an eat you say the giant 1 Don kill me brother say Wie sahke I like liv with you in you nice house an cook you dinner Now when you come home at night you lonesome If Im here I tell you some nice sLory So the giant say All right I not till you now If you run way I kill an i eat you Then Wiesahke stop here long time Sometime the giant he stop way two three day Sometime he bring home men for to eat The men he bring I theyre not like white man not like i Injun they got hair all over their body bodyWhere Where you get that man say Vie sahke one day I like see that place You take me some day Then the giant he get ver1 mad He show hoe teeth jus like Rolf an say Musquah you talk that I eat you That fright Wiesahke Bye an bye Wiesahke get tired stop that house So when the giant go way one day he think I like play that giant some treek So he put fire that house an burn it up Then he run away When the giant come home hes house all burned down He say Now I know who is that Musquah hes Wie sahke Thats hes treek Wiesahke run ver ° as but the giant he got moccasins can go ver far every step Soon Wiesahke hear the giant coming com-ing behind As hes running on the trail he see two bear He say Ho brother save me from that gian he wan kill an eat me How can we save you Wiesahke say the bear Perhaps he kill nis too Brother say Kiesahlte you got big tails Let me cut off you tails an make a skin for myself then I look HIm a bear You don need you tails brother they don keep you warm perhaps some day you get you tails caught in a trap an hunters kill you I think short tails is good I So the bears they gave Wiesahke their tails Now we mus get down on our hands an feet lUte the coyote say Wiesahke or perhaps the giant think we are men an kill us Before that the bear always standup stand-up like man That why he now standup stand-up like man That why he now standup stand-up when he go fight Then the giant come He say Ho I bear you see Wiesahke go by here An the bear say No Wiesahke don go by herenobody go by here I Then the giant he hurry off When that giant hes gone Wie sahke say Brother cause you do this thing you always got house live in in I winter After this you make house I > c SAH1c tCHAC t11ijO 1i M CIANT I n t Il i 1 > R i f t i 1 l En J i r ya Rt L t p G WTESAEXKECHACK AND THE GIANT an suck you paw all winter an live that way And from that time the bear he got short tail an foot like mans hand an walk on all fours an suck hes paw all winter jus same Wiesahke say Wiesahke hes too glad for play that bear some treeic When Baptiste finished the story about the bears we each one put in some word of encouragement and admiration ad-miration for the simple cleverness of the humble tale |