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"I'll teach him who is master and must be obeyed." So he sang his terrible war-songs; he drew his knife and leaped into the air; he roared his orders to Wasis again and again. "Come to me: come to me!" This was too much for the baby. His little face puckered and grew red. Then he opened his mouth and uttered shrieks so ear-piercing that their like had never been heard before.
How Glooskap bound Wuchowsen, the Great Wind-Bird, and made all the Waters in the World stagnant How Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated
So Glooskap gave it up in despair, and Wasis, sitting on the floor in the sunshine, went goo! goo! and crowed. And to this day when you see a babe well contented, going goo! goo! and crowing, and no one can tell why, know that it is because he remembers the time when he overcame the Master who had conquered all the world.
At least so the chief thought. He rushed from the wigwam and fled a mile before he stopped to breathe deeply. Meanwhile Wasis had found his maple sugar and was calm again. "Goo, goo!" he said; "Goo, goo! Goo, goo, goo!" And to this day when you see a baby crowing and saying "Goo, goo!" remember he is thinking of the time when he overcame the Indian chief who had conquered all the world.
But she replied, "Not so fast, Master, for there yet remains One whom no one has ever conquered or got the better of in any way, and who will remain unconquered to the end of time." "And who is he?" inquired the Master. "It is the mighty Wasis," she replied, "and there he sits; and I warn you that if you meddle with him you will be in sore trouble." Now Wasis was the Baby.
Then Baby smiled again, but did not budge. And the Master spake sweetly and made his voice like that of the summer bird, but it was of no avail, for Wasis sat still and sucked his maple-sugar. Then the Master frowned and spoke terribly, and ordered Wasis to come crawling to him immediately. And Baby burst out into crying and yelling, but did not move for all that.
Again the chief smiled kindly and said in a coaxing tone, "Baby, come to me." Wasis looked again at the chief. Then he took a bite of the maple sugar. Glooskap then arose, frowning; he stamped his foot angrily, and he spoke savagely. "Baby, come to me." Wasis dropped his maple sugar. "Goo, goo!" he said; "Goo, goo! Goo, goo, goo!" "These must be his war-cries!" thought the chief.
How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated.
Then, since he could do but one thing more, the Master had recourse to magic. He used his most awful spells, and sang the songs which raise the dead and scare the devils. And Wasis sat and looked on admiringly, and seemed to find it very interesting, but all the same he never moved an inch.
"Who is he?" asked Glooskap. "It is the mighty Wasis. But leave him in peace. Otherwise you will be in sore trouble." Now the Indian chief had never married. He knew nothing of children and their ways. But he thought, as is the manner of such, that he knew everything. So he knelt on one knee, held out a hand, and smiling sweetly, said, "Baby, come to me!" Wasis smiled, but did not stir.
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