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of them, and Geese and any of the others who go south for the winter. We'll have a dance in my tepee." Duck thought that would be very pleasant.
Wiske-djak went back to his tepee, and sat down in the sunshine outside. He got his drum and rattle and began to sing a song of invitation. He sang:
You will all be gone for a long time.
You will all be gone until it is warm again.
Let us have a dance before you go.
Thus he sang.
Soon ducks and geese came flying by overhead, and they heard his singing. They alighted on the ground very near the tepee.
Wiske-djak called, "Let us go inside and have a good dance," and he opened the door. In went all the ducks. Wiske-djak mended the fire so it would give very little light.
"Now," he said, when he had finished that, "you must all follow the rules of the dance. You must do whatever I call out." So they all began to dance. Geese were there and ducks and a few loons, and Cyngabis was there also. They danced hard, around and around the tepee.
Then Wiske-djak said, "Now close your eyes. Don't open them until I give the order. That is one of the rules of the dance."
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