46 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES open your eyes. Wait a little longer, until you hear the red squirrel sing; and still you must wait. Keep your faces covered, and your eyes closed, until you hear the striped squirrel sing. Then uncover your heads and open your eyes, and you will find yourselves in your own world again." At night, the sisters lay down and went to sleep as they were told, and in the morning they were awakened by the sound of the chickadee. The younger sister wished to throw off the blanket and spring up, but the older sister held her back. "Wait! Wait," she said, "until we hear the red squirrel, and even then we must wait until we hear the striped squirrel sing.'' So the younger sister lay back, until she heard the red squirrel. And then, always im¬ patient and rash, she sprang up at the sound and threw off their blanket. The sun had risen. They were back in their native forest; but alas! They were punished for their impatience. They were lodged in the top of a tall pine tree, and they found them¬ selves changed into little Weasels. "What shall we do? How shall we get down from the tree?" the elder sister cried. "Oh, that will be easy enough," the younger sister said. "We will ask the first one who comes by to take us down and we will promise