"Go, take your bath, father, and then we will tell you all about it," the daughters answered.
The father took his morning dip, and then the daughters told him the whole story. "Go, bring the shining thing here," he said, "and I will call the people."
When Blue Jay had assembled all the people, the daughters came in from the woods, carrying the great shining thing. They took a knife and cut it into pieces. They handed one piece to each animal. The animals ate the pieces they received. The largest of all they gave to their father. Blue Jay was much pleased. He held it up to the light before swallowing it. But just as he was about to put it into his mouth, Clam jumped up, snatched it from him, and ran down to the beach.
Blue Jay tried to catch him, but Clam hid himself in the sand. Blue Jay took a stick and poked in the sand. Clam sent up some boiling water and hid himself deeper. Blue Jay became very angry. "You thief," he cried, "you shall hide in the sand all the days of your life. Even when your most ardent lover wishes to see you, you will send up bubbles to greet him, instead of words."
And to this day Clam lives in the sand, and he still sends up bubbles to the surface. But he has on
