before their eyes. There was no one to be
seen, but a piece of paper appeared on the ground and folded itself into
a Japanese lantern. "Now put a candle inside," said the voice, "and you
have paper holding fire. What more could you ask?"

Then the older woman was happy, but the younger was still sad. She saw
now that fire could be carried in paper, but surely no one could carry
wind. "O dear voice," she cried, "can any one carry wind in paper?"

"That is much easier than to carry fire," replied the voice, "for wind
does not burn holes. Watch."

They watched eagerly. Another piece of paper came all by itself and lay
on the ground between them. There was a picture on it of a tree covered
with white blossoms. Two women stood under the tree, gathering the
blossoms.

"The two women are yourselves," said the voice, "and the blossoms are
the gifts that the father-in-law will give you when you go home."

"But I cannot go home," the younger wailed, "for I cannot carry wind
wrapped in paper."

"Here is the paper, and there is always plenty of wind. Why not take
them?"

"Indeed, I do not know how," the younger woman answered sorrowfully.

"This way, of course," said the voice. Some long, light twigs flew to
the paper. It folded itself, over, under, together. It opened and
closed, and it waved itself before the tearful face of the younger
woman. "Does not the wind come to your face?" asked the voice, "and is
it not the fan that has brought it? The lantern carries fire wrapped in
paper, and the fan carries wind wrapped in paper."

Then, indeed, the two young women were happy, and when they came to the
home of their father-in-law, he was as glad as they. He gave them
beautiful gifts of gold and silver, and he said, "No one ever had such
marvels before as the lantern and the fan, but in my home there are two
more precious things than these, and they are my two dear daughters."

VOCABULARY OF THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS.

NOTE.--This vocabulary is supplementary to that of THE HIAWATHA PRIMER.
Nouns and verbs which are inflected regularly are entered under but one
form.

_Pages 1-4_
first
humming-bird
ago
know
flames
last
people

_Pages 4-7_
again
fled

_Pages 7-9_
grew

_Pages 10-12_
butterflies
stones
some
would
men
could
beauty
life

_Pages 13-15_
woodpecker
man
cake
put
bake
large
small

_Pages 15-19_
magician
fever
breath
shot
fight
ever
wound
head
crest
another
blood