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One day, two women were arguing about their husbands. "My husband is a fool," said the first woman. "Not compared to my husband," said the second woman.Soon their argument grew more heated, so they decided to make a wager on whose husband was more foolish. Back home, the first woman sat down at her spinning wheel and pretended to spin. When her husband came home, he laughed, "What on earth are you doing?" he asked. She looked up and said, " I'm making you a beautiful suit. In two weeks' time, we'll go to church and you'll be a spectacle to behold!"After a while, the first wife let out a great sigh. "I've finished!" she cried. "You can try on the suit now." Her husband put on his invisible suit and stood before her, dressed only in his underwear. Meanwhile, the second wife wept as she asked ...

One day as Raven was on the beach staring out at the sun setting in the horizon, he spotted a dark speck in the distance and he realized it was a whale.Closer and closer Raven swam towards the whale. When the whale yawned, Raven was swept inside. A moment later, the whale's mouth closed behind him. He walked on in the darkness until suddenly he saw a maiden so beautiful, she radiated light.Raven could not take his eyes off the girl. He had never seen anyone more beautiful, and he felt his heart longing to be near her. "I am Raven. I want to marry you," he said. She smiled, and light burst everywhere. "I will marry you," she said, "but we must stay here. You see, I am the spirit of the whale. I could never leave the whale." But Raven did not listen. He quickly raised his wings and grabbed t ...

Long ago, there lived a man known as the Great Montezuma.Great Mystery Power had made the people and things that inhabited this world, and Montezuma was granted the power to look after this creation. Montezuma was glad to lead.First, he divided the people into nations and taught them how to build homes, how to hunt, how to reap harvests, and how to make their own clothing. For a long time, he was a good leader. Montezuma's friend Coyote felt proud of him.Coyote's descendants and the descendants of Montezuma became good friends and allies.Coyote soon noticed, however, that Montezuma's power was making him too proud. He began to think that he was the most powerful being in the world, that he needed no one's help and no one's guidance, and he forgot about the many gifts he had received from t ...

All the other creatures liked to visit Mister Wolf who lived down in the swamp, but then the summer grew hotter and the mosquitoes began to get bad in the swamp. So one night, Mister Fox came to visit Mister Wolf's house, and he began to worry because those mosquitoes were as large as life and twice as ferocious, and they were chasing him all over the place. Pretty soon, Mister Fox was chasing those mosquitoes and swatting them. But when Mister Wolf caught him doing that, he said, "No one can swat my mosquitoes." And he sent Mister Fox away. Then Mister Mole came by, but he began to swat at the mosquitoes, too, and Mister Wolf showed him the door. Then came Mister Mink. He, too, swat at the mosquitoes and was immediately sent away. All the other animals tried to visit, too, but every one o ...

King Lir of Ireland had four lovely children who had soft skin, sweet voices, and gentle temperaments. Their stepmother, a Druid with magical powers was jealous of the love their father had for them. She decided she would cast a spell upon them. She struck them with a fairy wand and turned them into snow-white swans."You will remain as swans for nine hundred years," cried their stepmother. "Until St. Patrick comes to Ireland and brings the Christian faith, you will not be free." The stepmother looked at the swans. She felt stricken with sadness at the spell she had cast, but alas, she had no power to undo it. When King Lir learned of what had happened, he went to his wife's father, King Bove, and told him what his daughter had done. King Bove was furious. At once he struck her with his fai ...