HOW ABLEEGUMOOCH RETALIATED UPON THE OTTER

HEN Keoonik, the Otter, would not dine with Ableegumooch and his grand- mother, but went away hungry, Ableegumooch vowed that he would punish him well for his rudeness. In order to do this, he must have magical power. So as time passed, Ableegu— mooch willed to have magical power and, at last, the day came when he acquired the mag- ical power he had been trying to gain.

He went to the Wigwam of Keoonik, and found that both the Otter and his grandmother were away. But near the door was a string of eels, evidently just placed there by the Otter.

Ableegumooch caught up the string of eels and started off with them.

Very soon Keoonik returned, to find his string of eels gone, and to see many tracks of a rab- bit about the Wigwam door. As the Otter fol- lowed the tracks he could see the marks in the sand made by the eels whenever they touched the ground. Following the tracks, the Otter

soon came within sight of the rabbit with the 160