In mocassins and deer-skin cloak , Unfearing , free and fair she flits , And lights her little damp-wood smoke To show her Daddy where she flits . For far -- oh , very far behind , So far she can not call to him , Comes Tegumai alone to find The daughter that was all to him . THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA BEFORE the High and Far-Off Times , O my Best Beloved , came the Time of the Very Beginnings ; and that was in the days when the Eldest Magician was getting Things ready . First he got the Earth ready ; then he got the Sea ready ; and then he told all the Animals that they could come out and play . And the Animals said , ' O Eldest Magician , what shall we play at ? ' and he said , ' I will show you . He took the Elephant -- All-the-Elephant-there-was -- and said , ` Play at being an Elephant , ' and All-the-Elephant-there-was played . He took the Beaver -- All-the-Beaver-there-was and said , ` Play at being a Beaver , ' and All-the Beaver-there-was played . He took the Cow -- All-the Cow-there-was -- and said , ` Play at being a Cow , ' and All-the-Cow-there-was played . He took the Turtle -- All-the-Turtle there-was and said , ` Play at being a Turtle , ' and All-the-Turtle-there-was played . One by one he took all the beasts and birds and fishes and told them what to play at . But towards evening , when people and things grow restless and tired , there came up the Man -LRB- With his own little girl-daughter ? -RRB- -- Yes , with his own best beloved little girl-daughter sitting upon his shoulder , and he said , ` What is this play , Eldest Magician ? ' And the Eldest Magician said , ` Ho , Son of Adam , this is the play of the Very Beginning ; but you are too wise for this play . ' And the Man saluted and said , ` Yes , I am too wise for this play ; but see that you make all the Animals obedient to me . ' Now , while the two were talking together , Pau Amma the Crab , who was next in the game , scuttled off sideways and stepped into the sea , saying to himself , ' I will play my play alone in the deep waters , and I will never be obedient to this son of Adam . ' Nobody saw him go away except the little girl-daughter where she leaned on the Man 's shoulder . And the play went on till there were no more Animals left without orders ; and the Eldest Magician wiped the fine dust off his hands and walked about the world to see how the Animals were playing . He went North , Best Beloved , and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him . ` Kun ? '
said XXXXX , meaning , ` Is this right ? '
All-the-Beaver-there-was All-the-Elephant-there-was Beaver-there-was Ho Kun Magician Man Sea Tegumai girl-daughter