g Star. Everything was
silvery white here and very peaceful. The Star was very glad to see
his son.

"Hang up that cage of birds which you have brought with you by the
lodge door, and then come and sit down while we talk."

The young chief did as he was told. He sat on one side of his father,
while his wife sat on the other, and the Star father told them many
stories.

"You must be careful," he said, "not to let the beams of the next star
shine on you. That is the Evil Star which turned you into an old man.
If it shines on you again, you might once more be changed, so be very
careful."

The young chief promised to remember his father's warnings, and he
always kept away from the Evil Star. They lived happily together for
several years. Then one day their young son wanted to learn to hunt.
He had heard that the people on the earth could shoot with bow and
arrows, and he wished to learn. The Evening Star did not like to
refuse his young grandson anything, so he made him a little bow and
arrows. He showed him how to use them; then said, "I shall open the
bird-cage and let out the birds. You may try to shoot them, if you
like."

This delighted the young boy, and so for many days he tried to shoot a
bird. His arrows always fell to one side. But he kept on trying, and
one day the arrow sank deep in the breast of one of the birds. The boy
was very proud, but what was his surprise, when he went to pick up the
bird, to find that it had changed into a beautiful maiden with an arrow
sticking in her breast. It was one of his aunts, who had been changed
back into her earthly form. As her blood fell on the ground of this
pure and spotless planet, the spell was broken.

The boy felt himself sinking down through the air. He fell slowly, as
if he had wings. At last his feet touched the ground, and he found
himself on a high, rocky island. He was delighted to see his aunts and
uncles all following him. They floated down through the air until at
last they too reached the rock. Then came the silvery lodge, with his
father and mother, with its bark looking like the shining wings of
insects. The lodge sank down until it reached the cliff, and there
they all made their home. They had been given back their earthly
bodies, but were only the size of fairies.

The top of the cliff, which had been bare before, now grew soft with
green grass. In the grass, bright flowers blossomed, and tiny pools of
water glistened he