[Told by Moses] The Porcupine and the Beaver were friends. They
loved each other. The Beaver used to invite the Porcupine to his
house all the year round. The Porcupine went and entered the
Beaver's house. The house of the Beaver was in the middle of a
great lake. The Beaver liked the water very much, but the
Porcupine could not go into the water because he could not swim;
he was afraid he might perish if his stomach should get full of
water. Therefore the Beaver went to the shore and called the
Porcupine. The Beaver came up twice when going to the place
where the Porcupine was sitting on the shore. Now he came
ashore. He said to the Porcupine, "I will carry you. Hold on to
my neck." Then the Beaver turned round, but the Porcupine was
afraid to be carried across the water. He said to the Beaver, "I
might perish." But the Beaver said, "You are not going to die,"
and after a while the Porcupine climbed on the Beaver's back.
The Beaver said, "Now, hold tight to my neck." The Porcupine did
so, and the Beaver star