The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-01
OURBOYSANDGIRlS
The Cloud Wrestler
A Tale OF the North.

| sister. All of the boys were strong
f, lads except the eldest The Younger
/ ones could hunt and fish and were
very fond OF wrestling, but the ele-
est brother lay around the house and
Mother engaged in the work nor the
athletic sports of the others.
The younger brothers wrestled
all the boys in Skidans and threw
them one by one, One day one OF
them said II wish stranger would
come along and wrestle with me !
believe we are the greatest wrestlers
in the whole world" Then he went
outside the house and cried a chal-
lenge call, 'Hu-u-ui" as loud as he
could.
AS he finished his challenge a
cloud came rushing UP out Of the
ocean and out of the cloud stepped a
tall youth, with limbs sinewy and
sound, stripped for wrestling.
the stranger youth.
did you challenge me?" inquired
II did, replied the younger
brother, and at 1t they went
The younger brother put up good
fight. but the stranger youth was too
much for him and he was thrown
finally.
AS soon as the younger brother
was in the ground the stranger youth
said. Now you are my slave and can
get your freedom only when one
Of your brothers beats me in wrest-
ling" And saying this he Jumped
with the boy back into the cloud and
vanished
All the family lamented the lost
one that night, but at daybreak the
next morning another OF the broth
ers went out to the shore and, stand
ing in the light of the rising
sun, sent for the challenge cry.
"Hu-u-ui! long drawn ont and
high sounding.
So ii went on every day until all the
brothers had been carried off except
the eldest, who was no wrestler. But
he was resolved to rescue his broth
ers ii such thing were possible, and
he said to his mother and sister; Do
not weep. | win battle for strength.
/ will become strong and will 80 and
find my brothers.
One day, as he was bathing
for strength at the mouth Of the
creek. he heard noise and looked
up to see a lot Of fallen trees COM
ing down striking againot each other
as they were sHopt alo1g by the
current. They came straight toward
him and he was sftaid and ran
ashore,
Upon this all the trtos an bushes
in the forest and all ne birds in the
trees began to call It in derision.
saying, Is this the one who IS trying
to obtain power for himself? HIS
power Is weak"
Eldest Brother was so mortified at
this that he jumped right back into
the water again. and the fallen trees
rushed at him. But as they came to
him they proved to be only decayed
logs--soft, like punkwood hich
broke as they struck together and
AS he came out of the water Ed
est Brother saw, standing on the !
beach short, stout man, with re-
sinewy limbs, who called !
out to him Come here, grandson. |
and let me see how you can stand |
At first Eldest Brother thought OF |
running away, but, mastering up HIS
courage, he came and stood before |
the strange man. The man had a
knotty stick in his hand and with it
be struck Eldest Brother tremen-
ious whack.
You win do. said the man. |
Now let us see how you can wres-
lie. | am called Greatest-Strong- |
Man"
They seized each other and wres-
led all over the beach-up and |
sometimes one getting the
better of it and sometimes the other,
until finally Eldest Brother threw |
Greatest StrongMan.
When Greatest-Strong-Man picked |
himself up he said: Now you are |
stout of heart and stout of limb. /
him who stole away your
brothers"
Early the next morning, he went /
1ut and stood on the seashore |
and cried the challenge cry of |
'Hu-u-u-iv" loud and long. Up /
rom the sea came the cloud with
ed streaks in it, and out OF the cloud /
stepped the youth who had made
ilaves of the younger brothers.
Come and wrestle." said Eldest
Brother. The stranger youth laughed
What with your" said he "You, |
he weakest of all the brothers?
rave made the strong ones slaves
will make short work OF you" And
hey began wrestling
But Eldest Brother was too much
or him and threw him fat on
lis back so that his head struck upon
he ground. Then he gave up and told
eldest brother where be could find
he boys and gave him a magic pass
gord which would liberate them.
AS for the stranger youth. he was
o mortified az his defeat that he
hanged into a rock on the shore.
which is still 10 be seen and is called
y the natives around Skidans wres-
ling Rock When il is going to rain
he cloud with the red sfreaks In II is