THE BADGER AND THE STAR WIVES

ONG ago two Star Wives—the Weasel girls

—found themselves at the top of a giant

pine tree unable to climb down. They wished

then that they had followed the directions their Star Husbands had given them.

“Oh, see, my younger sister, What trouble you have brought upon us by your haste! If you had only been content to wait until we heard the red squirrel sing—and even then to wait until we heard the striped squirrel sing, you would have saved us from this danger,” the older sister said.

“Oh, well, someone will be passing soon and will help us down,” the younger sister an~ swered. She did not dream that they would have any difficulty in getting down from the tall pine tree.

They called to one after another of the Indi- ans who passed by—the Moose, the Bear and the Marten; but no one paid the least attention to their cries. At last the Badger happened that way; and When the Weasels called to him, he stopped, thinking there might be an opportunity

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