. Wilderness ways; . ht her little ones, all unconscious of the kindlyeyes that watched out of a thicket: As the eaglestirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareththem on her wings, — so the Lord. VII. UPWEEKIS THE SHADOW. ONG go, O long time go, so says Simmo theIndian, Upweekis the lynx cameto Clote Scarpe one day with acomplaint. See, he said, youare good to everybody but the fisher is cunningand patient; he can catch whathe will. Lhoks the panther isstrong and tireless; nothing canget away from him, not eventhe great moose. And
. Wilderness ways; . ht her little ones, all unconscious of the kindlyeyes that watched out of a thicket: As the eaglestirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareththem on her wings, — so the Lord. VII. UPWEEKIS THE SHADOW. ONG go, O long time go, so says Simmo theIndian, Upweekis the lynx cameto Clote Scarpe one day with acomplaint. See, he said, youare good to everybody but the fisher is cunningand patient; he can catch whathe will. Lhoks the panther isstrong and tireless; nothing canget away from him, not eventhe great moose. And Moo-ween the bear sleeps all winter, whengame is scarce, and in summer eatseverything,—roots and mice and berriesand dead fish and meat and honey andred ants. So he is always full andhappy. But my eyes are no good;they are bright, like Cheplahgan theeagles, yet they cannot see anythingunless it moves; for you have madeevery creature that hides just like the place he hides in. My nose is worse; it cannot smell 108. Upweekis the Shadow. 109 Seksagadagee the grouse, though I walk over himasleep in the snow. And my feet make a noise inthe leaves, so that Moktaques the rabbit hears me,and hides, and laughs behind me when I go to catchhim. And I am always hungry. Make me now likethe shadows that play, in order that nothing maynotice me when I go hunting. So Clote Scarpe, the great chief who was kind toall animals, gave Upweekis a soft gray coat that isalmost invisible in the woods, summer or winter, andmade his feet large, and padded them with soft fur;so that indeed he is like the shadows that play, foryou can neither see nor hear him. But Clote Scarperemembered Moktaques the rabbit also, and gave himtwo coats, a brown one for summer and a white onefor winter. Consequently he is harder than ever to seewhen he is quiet; and Upweekis must still dependupon his wits to catch him. As Upweekis has fewwits to spare, Moktaques often sees him close at hand,and chuckles in his form under
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