14 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES Mrs. Bear promised them this, and then the two children said: "When we see her we will pretend that we do not know her." The children were very hungry, but Mrs. Bear had no food at all in her wigwam. "I wish I had some food for you," she said, "but if you will go over to the chief's lodge, your mother will surely give you plenty of meat.'' So the two little deserted children went over to the chief's lodge, and there before them was their mother, looking as pretty and happy as if she had never done a wrong deed in her life. They sat down near the doorway, waiting quietly to be spoken to. "Little strangers, are you hungry?" she asked. They looked up at her and answered: "We have great hunger. Will you give us food?" Their mother took some strings of dried meat and wrapped them about the children's should¬ ers. "There is meat for you; but you must go to another wigwam to cook it," she said. The children hastened back to the wigwam of Mrs. Bear . Mrs. Bear cooked their food, and all feasted upon it. Now every day the mother gave the children food, and Mrs. Bear allowed them to live with