had five children, and they were all girls. Salmon Berry had five children, and they were all boys.
Every day Robin and Salmon Berry went picking berries together. One evening, as they walked toward home, Salmon Berry noticed that Robin's berries were all unripe, for Robin had eaten the ripe ones as she found them. Her own basket was filled with luscious berries. Robin looked at Salmon Berry and said, "What would you think if I should eat you?"
Salmon Berry replied, "Don't do that. My children would be poor without me."
That night Salmon Berry told her children: "That monster said she would like to eat me. If she really should eat me, don't stay here any longer, else she will eat you also. If she tries to deceive you, do not believe her."
One night Robin came home alone. "Your mother lost her way," she said to the Salmon Berry children.
"Behold, she has killed her," thought the eldest son of Salmon Berry.
He stayed awake all night for fear that Robin would eat him and his brothers while they were sleeping.
In the morning Robin said: "I will search for your mother. She must be lost in the woods."
