84 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

when I come to the door of my Wigwam in the morning.”

“Oh, certainly, I shall be glad to do that for you.” Noojekesigunodasit said this as though it were as easy for him to remove the granite mountain as it would be to pick up a bit of wood from the ground.

Well, that night, when every one in the vil- lage was asleep, Noojekesigunodasit went quietly to the door of the Wigwam and pushed aside the skins. He stole softly to the entrance of the village, and then took out the little box that the old man had given him. When he opened the box, the doll stopped his dancing and asked:

“What do you want of me now?”

“I want you to level down that granite moun- tain,” said Noojekesigunodasit; “and I want you to have it done before morning.”

“All right, I will have it done before morn- ing,” and the magical doll went on With his dancing.

Noojekesigunodasit closed the little box and lay down to sleep. All night long he could hear the sound of the labourers at their work. There was pounding and tramping and shout- ing and shovelling; such noises as he had never heard before! And when he awoke,—the whole mountain had been taken away!