262 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

Glooscap had been inside the Wigwam all this time, but he knew what was happening outside. And when Mikchichk landed on the ridge-pole, Glooscap arose quietly, and piled fir boughs on the fire. This made a great smoke, which nearly stifled the Tortoise; and it so stained his coat that the marks never wore off, and are there until this day.

“You will kill me, Nulooks, my nephew,” shouted the Tortoise.

“No, I will not,” answered Glooscap, “but on the contrary I will make you immortal. You shall never die; you may live on the land, and you may live in the water; although your head may be cut ofi, it shall not kill you. And your heart shall still beat, even though your body be cut in pieces.”

Then Glooscap helped Mikchichk down, and Mikchichk said:

“I will leave this place, and go on.”

And Glooscap said:

“Whither will you go?”

“I will go anywhere and everywhere,” said Mikchichk. And with this he went away, and has ever since led a solitary life

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