song. //</' ' u-iij, ', In' . and all the wolves danced out
in front, until he gave the signal, Yu! and began with ///';/, i,/u'„;\
when they turned and danced back in line. •'That's tine," said the
Groundhog, and went over to the next tree and started thesecond song.
The wolves danced out and then turned at the signal and danced
hack again. "''Unit's very tine,"' said the Groundhog, and went over
to another tree and started the third song. The wolves danced their
lust and the Groundhog encouraged them, but at each song he took
another tree, and each tree was a little nearer to his hole under a stump.
At the seventh song he said. "Now, this is the last dance, and when I
say Yu.' you will all turn and come after me, andthe one who gets me
may have me." So he began the seventh song and kept it up until
the wolves were away out in front. Then he gave the signal, Yu! and
made a jump for his hole. The wolves turned and were after him. but
he reached the hole first and dived in. Just as he got inside, the fore-
most wolf caught him by the tail and gave it such a pull that it broke
nil. and the Groundhog's tail ha- been short ever since.
*******
The unpleasant smell of the Groundhog's head was given it U\ the
other animals to punish an insulting remark made by him in council.
The story is a vulgar one. without wit enough to make it worth
recording.
280 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [eth.ahn.19
33. THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS
In the old