THE CHILDREN AND THE LOON MAGICIAN

NCE upon a time a little Indian boy and girl lived with their parents beside a.

large lake. They were always playing to- gether; but they loved best of all to play on the shore beside the water.

One day the two children went fishing, and the boy said:

“Can you tell what kind of fish I catch?”

“Of course I can,” the sister replied.

“What is this then?” he asked, holding up a fish, but quickly throwing it into the water again, before she could see it. “There, there,” he said, “I knew that you could not tell what kind of fish I catch!”

Soon after this the sister caught a fish and held it up.

“Do you know what this is, my brother? ” she asked.

“It is a trout,” he said.

“No, no, it is not,” she answered. “It is a Takooonow~therel After all your crowing

I have beaten you.” 95