<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[Pg 133]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>IKTO AND THE SNOWSTORM</h2>
<p class="subtitle">Teton</p>
<p><span class="dropcap">I</span>kto was the first person in this world. He is more
cunning than human beings. He it was who
named all the animals and people. But sometimes
Ikto was tricked by the beings he had created.</p>
<p>One day Ikto was hungry; just then he caught a rabbit.
He was about to roast him.</p>
<p>Suddenly Rabbit said, “Oh, Ikto, I will teach you
a magic art.”</p>
<p>Ikto said, “I have created all things.”</p>
<p>“But I will show you something new,” said Rabbit.
Therefore Ikto consented. He let go of Rabbit.</p>
<p>Rabbit stood in front of Ikto and said, “Elder
brother, if you wish snow to fall at any time, take some
hair such as this,”—and he pulled out some of his
rabbit fur—“and blow it in all directions; there will
be a blizzard.”</p>
<p>Rabbit made a deep snow in this way, though the
leaves were green.</p>
<p>At once, Ikto began to pull his own fur and say
magic words. Rabbit made a long leap and ran away.
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[Pg 134]</SPAN></span>
Ikto pulled his fur and blew it about. But there was
no snow. Then he pulled more fur, and blew it about.
Still there was no snow. It was only rabbit fur that
made the snow.</p>
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