had done. The southwest winds were still sleeping. Mouse and Rat stole over to the aprons of the winds and gnawed off their bands. They crawled up the walls to the bows of the southwest winds and gnawed the strings in two. Then they stole out again and called the other animals to the hole.
The animals came pouring in with a rush. The southwest winds woke up and stretched out their hands for their aprons. They tried to tie them on, but the bands were gone. Then they reached up for their bows and tried to shoot, but the cords were cut. While they paused in surprise, the animals grappled with them.
Eagle seized one, Owl a second, Loon a third, Turkey a fourth, and Chicken Hawk the fifth. All the other animals joined around the outside, and each shot an arrow into a wind whenever he got a chance. The southwest wind in the Eagle's grasp was soon killed, and so were all the others excepting the one with whom Chicken Hawk wrestled. This fifth wind struggled desperately and finally slipped out of Chicken Hawk's grasp. Then with a loud noise he rushed out the door and across the sky.
The animals pursued him until Blue Jay called out: "We 'd better turn back to earth. The wind might come back this way and cut the sky loose."
