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said: “I am the strongest in the Wood.”
And Mi-in-gan trusted in his cunning. He said: “I am the wisest in the Wood.”
And Mai-kwa said: “I am wise as fearless Mi-in-gan, and strong as fearless Mus-wa. Why should I fear?”
Only Wee-nusk remembered the warning. He was not cunning, but he spent part of each spring and fall making plain the trail to Mother Earth. So when the Far-Killing Mystery reached the Forest, the first to go down was the strong Mus-wa, and the second the tireless, cunning Mi-in-gan, and the third was Mai-kwa. Their strength was as a burnt grass-blade; their cunning was silly. There was no help for them, for they knew no trail of escape.
But Wee-nusk ran to Mother Earth, and the Far-Killing Mystery could in no wise do him harm.
