MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
WAR WITH THE SKY PEOPLE
THE people of Sky Land stole Swan's wife. Swan at once called all the Earth People to a great council. They agreed to make war on the Sky People.
Now they gathered their bows and arrows. Swan was their chief. Each man began to fire his arrows at the sky. Every one came down. Every man tried to shoot an arrow into the Sky Land, until at last only Wren was left.
Then Wren shot an arrow. The people watched, but it did not come back to earth. They watched a long time. It had stuck in the sky. Wren fired another arrow. That did not come down. It had stuck in the notch of the first one. Wren fired many arrows. Not one came back, though all the birds and animals were watching carefully. They at last could see the chain of arrows, and Wren shot more arrows until the chain reached the earth.
Now all the Bird People and the Animal People climbed over the arrow chain and went up into Sky
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