ago.  The Duck-people had gathered to go away, just as they are
doing now.  The buck-deer was coming down from the high ridges to visit
friends in the lowlands along the streams as they have always done.  On
a lake OLD-man saw the Duck-people getting ready to go away, and at
that time they all looked alike; that is, they all wore the same
 clothes.  The loons and the geese and the ducks were there and
playing in the sunlight.  The loons were laughing loudly and the diving
was fast and merry to see.  On the hill where OLD-man stood there was a
great deal of moss, and he began to tear it from the ground and roll it
into a great ball.  When he had gathered all hebad to the ear.  He used to
wander about alone a good deal, and one morning he saw an old woman
gathering wood by the side of a River.  The Unlucky-one was about to
pass the old woman when she stopped him and asked:

"'Why are you so sad in your handsome face?  Why is that sorry look in
your fine eyes?'

"'Because,' replied the young-man, 'I am the Unlucky-one.  Everything
goes wrong with me, always.  I don't want to live any longer, for my
heart is growing wicked.'

"'Come with me,' said the old woman, and he followed her until she told
him to sit down.  Then she said: 'Listen to me.  First you must learn a
song to sing, and this is it.' Then she sang a queer song over