AN INDIAN STORY OF THE MOLE.

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G AN Indian once saw asquirrel sunning him-
Ss self in a tree top.
Son * The squirrel saw the hunter and leaped
/ —_ upon a passing cloud.

He had escaped into Cloudland before an arrow
could reach him.

The Indian set a trap for him hoping that he
would soon return to the tree for food.

The sun happened to be coming that way and
was caught in the trap.

Suddenly, in the middle of the day, it became dark.

The Indian was frightened and said, “Ah me,
what have I done, I have surely caught the sun in
my trap.”

He sent many animals up to set it free, Bu all
were instantly burned to ashes.

At last the mole said, ‘Let me try, I shall bore
through the ground of the sky and gnaw off the
cords which hold the trap.”

He did this, but just as he loosened the last cord
the sun sprang forth and the bright light shone full
in his eyes. .

The poor mole dropped to the earth and though