THE CHILDREN WITH ONE EYE 140 THE GIANT WITH THE GREY FEATHERS 146 THE CRUEL STEPMOTHER 153 THE BOY WHO WAS SAVED BY THOUGHTS 160 THE SONG-BIRD AND THE HEALING WATERS 167 THE BOY WHO OVERCAME THE GIANTS 172 THE YOUTH AND THE DOG-DANCE 180 SPARROW'S SEARCH FOR THE RAIN 187 THE BOY IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS 195 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR And many others came, but they met the same fate _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE And the children all came to him each asking for a boon 6 So Duck crawled under the over-turned basket and sat very still 14 They stood for a time in the shadow of the great trees before the door and made ready to blow together 24 He came one day upon a man clad in scarlet sitting on the side of a rocky hill tying stones to his feet 60 The coat of Ermine was replaced by a sleek and shining white coat as spotless as the new snow in winter 94 Then Fox untied the bag and let Rabbit out and got into the bag himself 100 The giant frowning angrily, the woman carrying the stick, and the boy leading the dog 148 For some days the boy lay in terror in the nest ... and far out on the ocean he could see great ships going by 162 "Strike hard," said the boy, "or it will do you no good" 178 And they sat down together on the edge of the lake 182 Then the old man gave the boy a large pipe and some tobacco 198 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE TO FACE PAGE He said farewell to the sky-country and let himself down to earth by one of his own strands of yarn 32 That night an old Wolf came through the forest in search of food 44 He went to Beaver's house by the stream, hobbling along with a stick 56 And she makes to him an offering of tiny white feathers plucked from the breasts of birds 70 Then Raven asked Mole to try, but Mole said: "Oh no, I am better fitted for other work. My fur would all be singed" 78 And with his magic power he changed her into a Fish-Hawk, and sent her out to the ocean 86 The man gave him another pair of mocassins in exchange for those he was wearing 108