id him. Up blazed Kahn and tried to catch
Yaeethl, the Fleeing, in his red teeth, but near the top of
the chimney was Yaeethl, so that the teeth of Kahn could not
reach him.

"Then Kahn called upon the Wise Man to blow, and the Wise Man
puffed out his cheeks and blew with full lungs, and by his
blowing Kahn stretched high his long black arms and tightly
curled them about the White Raven.

"Then did Yaeethl, the Strong of Wing, struggle mightily.
Against Kahn, the Fire God, did he struggle, beating with his
white wings. Long did they struggle, until from the lungs of
the Wise Man was the breath gone, and the arms of the Fire
God, the smoke arms, grew thin and weak.

"With his wings beat Yaeethl, breaking the hold of the smoke
arms, Yaeethl the Free, Yaeethl the Ever Black One.

"Forever were the wings and feathers of the Raven blackened by
the smoke arms of Kahn, the God of Fire.

"Back toward Klingatona-Kla, the Earth Mother, the Barren,
flew Yaeethl holding tight the Sun, Moon, and Stars. But after
him came the Wise Man, full of anger. And the Shining Worlds
grew heavy. Heavy was the pack of Yaeethl, and weary his
wings. Afar off was Klingatona-Kla.

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"Then did Yaeethl, the Pursued, Yaeethl the Heavy Laden, cast
from him Kakoon, the Sun. To the east threw he the Sun, and
flew on.

"Again did the Wise Man come close behind, and again did
Yaeethl ease his burden. From him threw he Dis-s, the Moon. To
the West cast he the Moon.

"Then was Yakootsekaya-ka left behind for a time, but the
Raven weary and burdened, flew slowly, and once again he felt
the breath of the Wise Man ruffle his feathers. No time had
Yaeethl to stop, on nothing could he rest.

"Opened he his claws and scattered wide the Stars. To North
and South fell Takhonaha, the Stars, to East and West fell
they.

"Then was the promise of Yaeethl fulfilled. Thus kept he his
word to the Earth Mother, and gave her light, that she might
see. Gave her Kayah, the Light, to father her children and
wipe out the disgrace of her barrenness. And the children of
Klingatona-Kla were as the sands of the sea.

"But upon Yaeethl, the Raven, had fallen the curses of the
Wise Man. Three curses: Blackness, Hoarseness, and the Keeping
of O