abbit said, "Oh, Ikto, I will teach you a magic art."

Ikto said, "I have created all things."

"But I will show you something new," said Rabbit. Therefore Ikto
consented. He let go of Rabbit.

Rabbit stood in front of Ikto and said, "Elder brother, if you wish
snow to fall at any time, take some hair such as this,"--and he pulled
out some of his rabbit fur--"and blow it in all directions; there will
be a blizzard."

Rabbit made a deep snow in this way, though the leaves were green.

At once, Ikto began to pull his own fur and say magic words. Rabbit
made a long leap and ran away. Ikto pulled his fur and blew it about.
But there was no snow. Then he pulled more fur, and blew it about.
Still there was no snow. It was only rabbit fur that made the snow.

THE SOUTHERN BRIDE

_Cherokee_

North went traveling, and after a long time, and after visiting many
tribes, he fell in love with the daughter of South.

South and his wife said, "No. Ever since you came the weather has been
cold. If you stay we will all freeze."

North said he would go back to his own country. So South let his
daughter marry him. Then North went back to his own country with
South's daughter. All the people there lived in ice houses.

The next day, after sunrise, the houses began to leak. The ice began
to melt. It grew warmer and warmer. Then North's people came to him.
They said, "It is the daughter of the South. If she lives here all the
lodges will melt. You must send her back to her father."

North said, "No."

But every day it grew hotter. The lodges began to melt away. The
people said North must send his wife home. Therefore North had to send
her back to South.

THE FALLEN STAR

_Dakota_

A people had this camp. And there were two women sleeping out of doors
and looking up at the stars.

One of them said, "I wish that that large and bright shining star were
my husband."

The other said, "I wish the star that shines less brightly were my
husband."

And immediately both were immediately carried upward, they say. They
found themselves in a beautiful country which was full of beautiful
twin flowers. And they found that the star which had shone most
brightly was a large man; the other star was only a young man. So the
two stars married the two women and they lived in that beautiful Star
Country.

Now in that country was a plant, the Teepsinna, with large, attractive
stalks. The wife of the large star wanted to