HOW THE CULLOO PUNISHED THE BADGER AFTER the ferryman, the Crane, had pun¬ ished the Badger for his rudeness, the Badger's body lay helpless upon the rocks until two little boys of the Culloo family happened along. '' Halloa!'' they cried. '' What is this ?'' As soon as they spoke, the magical backbone gave new life to the body, and up jumped the Badger alive and well again, and as bent upon mischief as ever. The Badger now pretended that he belonged to the Culloo tribe, too, and was very friendly. He induced the two boys to teach him a lullaby, and asked to try their bows. As if by accident he broke the bows in small pieces, and then he directed the boys to the other side of the river by a round-about way to find their play-fellows for whom they were searching. After the Culloo boys were safely away, the Badger went to their home, where he found no one but their mother. He told her that he was a Culloo, but she did not believe him; and even when he sang a Culloo lullaby, 177