WONDER TALES OP THE FOREST 63 The Indian sat in the stern of the canoe; his wife sat in the prow; and the dog sat in the middle. The dog kept his ears and nose pointed in the direction they were to go, and they glided so rapidly over the smooth water that they were soon in sight of home. Their children saw them nearing the shore, and ran down to meet them, shouting for joy. And the dog, as soon as he saw them safely ashore, turned and ran home again, leaping and running over the water as though it were ice. Now this Indian, who had always been poor, began to see better days. When he let down his lines, the biggest fish came to them; and thus in every way he prospered. The time passed so quickly, and he was so busy, that before the seven years had passed he had almost forgotten that he had ever been lost in the fog. But when the seven years were nearly ended, as he slept he began to have many dreams. In them he went back to the land of the giants, and saw all those who had been so kind to him. And one night he dreamed that he was standing by his wigwam near the sea, and that a great whale swam up to him and began to sing; and the sing¬ ing was the sweetest that he had ever heard. Then he remembered that the giant had told him he would be reminded of him in seven years, and he thought, "I must be looking toward the southwest." And he said to his wife, "These