The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

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that the boy was afraid, and returned
to his mother without the water.
"Why did you not bring the wat
err" she asked.
81 did not like to go so far" ans
wered the boy.
"Well," said his father, who had
just returned from hunt, tired and
hungry, 'it is pretty certain that you
will never kill old Redhead."
When he inquired who Redhead
was, the boy was told that he was a
lawless old giant who lived on an
island in the lake, and of whom
everybody was afraid.
Father thinks ! am a coward"
thought the boy, as he lay in his bed
that night; "but l am not afraid of
Giant Redhead, as he will see.'
Before the sun was up. the boy
arose and put on his fur boots and
warm coat and mittens, and left the
CANINE while his parents were still
asleep. He walked on very bravely
till he arrived at the shore of the lake.
There he saw an old woman picking
up sticks with which to broil some fish
for breakfast that she had just caught
in the lake. He asked her the way
to Redhead's island.
Sand what will you do there?" she
inquired with some establishment.
II have business with the giant"
replied the boy, very bravely.
eff that is so, you will need some
help" she said. And she made him
stay and eat breakfast with her, and
afterward gave him bow and four
arrows, telling him that whenever he
wanted any help to shoot an arrow.
She also showed him boat by means
of which he could reach the island.
The boy stepped into the boat and
rowed all day over the lake, bu. it
came on dark before he reached the
island. What to do in the night he
did not know, SO he placed an arrow
in the bow and shot it. Instantly a
lighted way opened before him; and
he saw far off green island, and on
the island strong castle. "That is
Giant Redhead's house." he thought.
He arrived before the castle, and
blew horn that hung at the gate.
The sound that he made was as loud
as thunder; and it startled old Red
head, who came down to the gate to
see who his visitor might be.
"Ho! And SO it's you that made
such bluster," said the giant, taking
him up by his thumb and forefnger.
"Well, and what are these needles
for?"
The boy told him that by shooting
them he could earn his dinner.
"We will see how that is" said the
giant. And the next day he took him
hunting with him. The boy did not
have any luck at all, for no game
crossed his path; but he was deter
mined not to go home empty-handed
if he could help it. So, as a last re-
sort, he shot an arrow from his bow
No sooner was the shaft sped than
the ground before him was covered
with game of all kinds, more than he
and the giant could carry home.
"Well," said the giant, "you will be
of use." And that night he had big
banquet at the castle. At midnight,
however, the horn at the gate was
blown again; and, when the giant
went down, there stood wolf. large
and fierce, and back of him were
many others.
"We have come for him who slew
our Mates" said the wolf; and, with
out waiting, they rushed at Giant Red
head and killed him.
The boy heard them coming up the
stairs, and he grasped his bow and
fired the third arrow. Instantly the
waters of the lake rose and swept the
wolves all away, and drowned them.
But Giant Redhead's body hoated
across the lake to the shore where
the boys parents lived; and he was
SO vast that it covered an acre of
ground, and no one could live near
it.
Finally the boy shot his fourth ar
row, which fell into the sea; and the
fishes swan up and devoured the
giants body, all but the ears. These
he kept, using one for boat on the
lake and the other as a covering for
his Walla (storehouse). And this is
the story of Giant Redhead and the
boy who was afraid to bring the wat
er for his mother.
In-the Lapland CANNES they tell
this story of the man in the moon,
which, in this instance, is not man
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