131

SIXTEENTH THE FIRST BATTLE 139

SEVENTEENTH THE BELOVED OF THE SUN 147

EIGHTEENTH WOOD-CHOPPER AND BERRY-PICKER 155

NINETEENTH THE SON-IN-LAW 165

TWENTIETH THE COMRADES 175

TWENTY-FIRST THE LAUGH-MAKER 185

TWENTY-SECOND THE RUNAWAYS 193

TWENTY-THIRD THE GIRL WHO MARRIED THE STAR 203

TWENTY-FOURTH NORTH WIND AND STAR BOY 211

TWENTY-FIFTH THE TEN VIRGINS 221

TWENTY-SIXTH THE MAGIC ARROWS 231

TWENTY-SEVENTH THE GHOST-WIFE 243

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE STRANGER WATCHES THE LAUGH-MAKER AND THE BEARS _Frontispiece_

SMOKY DAY TELLING TALES OF OLD DAYS AROUND HIS FIRE 5

JUST THEN A FOX CREPT UP BEHIND THE CRANE 23

THE FALCON CHASES THE OLD DRAKE 43

"COME DOWN, FRIENDS!" CALLED THE RACCOON 54

SO THEY RAN AND THEY RAN OUT OF THE WOODS ON TO THE
SHINING WHITE BEACH 57

"I WOULD NOT TROUBLE YOU," SAID HE, "BUT MY LITTLE
FOLKS ARE STARVING" 67

"OH, THAT IS ONLY A BUNDLE OF OLD SONGS," REPLIED
UNKTOMEE 83

TANAGELA AND HER LITTLE BROTHER 91

WITH HIS LONG SPEAR HE STABBED EACH OF THE MONSTERS 129

HE CAME TO A LITTLE HUT WHERE LIVED AN OLD BEAR 162

"DO NOT SHOOT A WHITE DEER WHEN YOU SEE HIM COMING
TOWARD YOU" 171

THEY STOOD THUS WITH THEIR BEAKS TOUCHING OVER THE STREAM 200

STAR BOY ATTACKED BY HINHAN, THE OWL 215

SHE TOOK UP HANDSFUL OF ASHES TO THROW INTO THEIR FACES 227

HE OFFERED UP THE BODY AS A SACRIFICE 235

AT THE TOUCH OF H