[WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 35 One day in the summer he was in the forest hunting for game, when he met a well-dressed man, who spoke to him kindly, and asked him what he was doing. "I am hunting for venison," the young man answered. "Very well," said the stranger, "but what has become of the plan you thought of so much in the winter?" At first the young man was puzzled to know what the stranger could mean, but at last he remembered the dead crow, and the wish that had passed through his mind. He told the stranger what his mother had said. "I know very well where the beautiful maiden lives," said the stranger, "and I can help you find her and win her." The stranger had supernatural power. He was a Megumoo- wesoo. The young man did not know this, but he was glad to have a friend who would help him in his adventure. So he went back to the wigwam and told his parents what had hap¬ pened, and prepared for the journey. When everything was ready, the two men started off together. They travelled several days, until they reached the shore of a large lake. On the shore was a wigwam. When they went in they found an old man who re¬ ceived them kindly, and wished to know where they were going.