. St. Nicholas [serial] . SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST tN SEARCH OFKAHP-TOO-OO-YOO. (SEE IAGE 529.) 1892.] THE ANTS THAT PUSHED ON THE SKY. 529 The girls made cakes of the blue corn-meal for the journey; and on the fourthday they started. Old-Black-Cane hobbledto the south, his wife to the east, the eldergirl to the north, and the younger to thewest. For a great distance they traveled; andat last Blue-Corn-Maiden, who was in thenorth, heard a far, faint song. It was solittle that she thought it must be imagi-nary ; but she stopped to listen, and softly,it came again : softly. To-ai-foo-ni-hloo-
. St. Nicholas [serial] . SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST tN SEARCH OFKAHP-TOO-OO-YOO. (SEE IAGE 529.) 1892.] THE ANTS THAT PUSHED ON THE SKY. 529 The girls made cakes of the blue corn-meal for the journey; and on the fourthday they started. Old-Black-Cane hobbledto the south, his wife to the east, the eldergirl to the north, and the younger to thewest. For a great distance they traveled; andat last Blue-Corn-Maiden, who was in thenorth, heard a far, faint song. It was solittle that she thought it must be imagi-nary ; but she stopped to listen, and softly,it came again : softly. To-ai-foo-ni-hloo-hlim,Tng-khai khahm ;Ee-eh - boori-koon - h he-oh,Ing-khai , ah-ee-ai, aim I (• Old-Black-CaneMy father is called ;Corn-MaidenMy mother is , ah-ee-ai, aim ! When she heard this, Blue-Corn-Maidenran until she came to her sister, and cried: • Sister! Sister! I think I hear ourbrother somewhere in captivity. Listen ! Trembling, they listened; and again thesong came floating to them, so soft, so sad thatthey wept — as to this day their people weepwhen a white-haired old man, filled with thememories of Kahp-too-oo-yoo, sings that plain-tive melody. Surely it is our brother! they cried; andoff they went running to find their when all listened together, again theyheard the song. Oh, my son! cried the poor old woman, in what captivity do you find yourself? Trueit is that your father is Old-Black-Cane, and I,your mother, am called Corn-Maiden. Butwhy do you sing thus ? Then all four of them began to follow thesong, and at last th
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