and some arrows. In the woods they hid their baskets and dressed themselves as strange youths.
When the other animals awakened, they went down to the beach to shoot at the shining thing. Again their arrows fell short of it, or to the right, or to the left. Suddenly among them appeared two strange youths. The elder shot an arrow. It fell near, but did not hit the great shining thing. Then the younger shot, and her arrow almost touched the mass of bright color. They each shot two more arrows. Some flew so near the thing that the animals held their breath, but each arrow fell a little short. Then the strange youths disappeared suddenly in the woods.
That night, when the daughters of Blue Jay carried home their baskets of potentilla roots, they found all the animals wondering who the strange youths were. Only Blue Jay was silent. He looked hard at his daughters, but they said nothing.
The next day, while the animals were shooting, the strange youths suddenly appeared again. They each shot three arrows. All flew nearer the great shining thing than the arrows of the other animals, but none touched it. Then the youths disappeared as suddenly as they had come.
The animals were greatly excited and wondered who the strange youths were. That night they
