called him, with love-light in
their eyes they named him. Strong and large grew he quickly.
So quickly grew he that the maiden and her mother were in a
valley between the mountain of pride and the mountain of
wonder. And in the Wise Man's heart flowed a great river of
love for Tokanay the Beautiful, Tokanay the Swift Growing. In
the hands of the Boy were the three hearts held. Their eyes
and their thoughts were filled with him, so that room for
other things there was not. So was the locked chest and its
contents forgotten.

"Then on a day, a day of days to the Three, the Boy spoke his
first word.

"'Kakoon.'

"Kakoon, the Sun, was the word, and 'Kakoon, Kakoon, Kakoon,'
said the boy, crying and stretching his arms toward the chest
in the corner of the lodge.

"The Wise Man listened and laughing said: 'He would take my
place as Keeper of the Worlds of Light.' Then because his
heart was so soft with love that he could refuse the Boy
nothing, Yakootsekaya-ka undid the many curious locks and
fastenings of the great chest and took out the Sun.

"Kakoon, the Sun, he took and gave it to the Boy wherewith to
play. And the Boy ceased his crying when the Sun was in his
hands, laughing as he rolled the Yellow World about the floor
of the lodge. All day did the Three watch him with loving
eyes.

"On the next day the Sun lay in a corner of the lodge,
unheeded by the Boy. A new word had he learned:

"'Dis-s.'

"Dis-s, the Moon, was the second word, and as before, 'Dis-s,
Dis-s,' cried the Boy.

"Proudly and lovingly the Wise Man laughed, saying: 'Surely is
he eager to take my place.' And from the moving of the love in
his heart that answered to the cry of the Boy as arrow to
bowstring, Yakootsekaya-ka unfastened the strong and heavy
locks of the chest and into the hands of the Boy gave the Moon
for plaything. Of Dis-s, the Moon, made he plaything for the
Boy. And for that day were the Boy's cries hushed as he spun
and tumbled the White World on the lodge floor. And his
laughter was music to the ears of the Three.

"But the next day the Moon lay with the Sun. In the corner
they lay and the Boy looked not at them. Another word was his
cry, a new word.

"'Takhonaha."

"Takhonaha, the Stars, was the cr