MOON

_Thompson River_

Moon used to be an Indian. He would be as bright as Sun if his

sister Frog did not sit upon him. At one time when Moon had invited

the Stars to his house, it was so crowded there was no room for his

sister Frog to sit down. She jumped on his face and stuck there.

Whenever it threatens to snow or rain, Moon builds a house and

enters it. White men call it a halo. The cirrus clouds are the smoke

of his pipe, and he always holds his pipe in his hand. You can see

it in the moon today, and the basket which he uses as a hat. Moon

seems to change from night to night, sometimes being larger and

sometimes smaller, but that is all because of Frog’s shadow.

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