And he bade his servants gather enough kelp from the rocks to make a line , as they had brought none with them . ` While the line is being made you might as well let me have one last dance , ' remarked the mink . And the wolves replied : ` Very good , you may have your dance ; perhaps it may amuse us as well as you . ' So they brought two canoes and placed them one beside the other . The mink stood up on his hind legs and began to dance , first in one canoe and then in the other ; and so graceful was he , that the wolves forgot they were going to put him to death , and howled with pleasure . ` Pull the canoes a little apart ; they are too close for this new dance , ' he said , pausing for a moment . And the wolves separated them while he gave a series of little springs , sometime pirouetting while he stood with one foot on the prow of both . ` Now nearer , now further apart , ' he would cry as the dance went on . ` No ! further still . ' And springing into the air , amidst howls of applause , he came down head-foremost , and dived to the bottom . And through the wolves , whose howls had now changed into those of rage , sought him everywhere , they never found him , for he hid behind a rock till they were out of sight , and then made his home in another forest . Adventures of an Indian Brave -LSB- From the Journal of the Anthropological Institute . -RSB- A long , long way off , right away in the west of America , there once lived an old man who had one son . The country round was covered with forests , in which dwelt all kinds of wild beasts , and the young man and his companions used to spend whole days in hunting them , and he was the finest hunter of all the tribe . One morning , when winter was coming on , the youth and his companions set off as usual to bring back some of the mountain goats and deer to be salted down , as he was afraid of a snow-storm ; and if the wind blew and the snow drifted the forest might be impassable for some weeks . The old man and the wife , however , would not go out , but remained in the wigwam making bows and arrows . It soon grew so cold in the forest that at last one of the men declared they could walk no more , unless they could manage to warm themselves . ` That is easily done , ' said the leader , giving a kick to a large tree . Flames broke out in the trunk , and before it had burnt up they were as hot as if it had been summer .
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