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THE ROBIN AND THE SALMON BERRY
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When she saw the youngest child floating on the water, she went in to pull it out, and it came to pieces. Then she wailed, "Oh, Salmon Berry's son has killed my children."

She went to the house and looked around for her nephews. Then she noticed the dog. "Which way did your masters go?" she asked him.

"Wu!" answered the dog, pointing with his mouth in one direction.

Robin ran that way and tried to smell the tracks of the children of Salmon Berry. She could find no trace of them. She returned to the dog. "You are deceiving me," she accused him. "Tell me which way your masters have gone."

"Wu!" answered the dog, and pointed his mouth in another direction. Robin ran where he had pointed, but she could find no trace of the children of Salmon Berry. She came back to the dog and scolded him again. Five times did the dog turn her from the right track. Then she discovered the hole.

She ran down it and found the tracks of the children. She followed them, calling as she ran, "O children! I have found your mother."

The children of Salmon Berry heard her and ran faster. The youngest grew tired, and the others took turns in carrying him. After a while they came to the skins of two elk bucks. The eldest