"Long, long ago, my brothers, men had no fire." "They were cold." "Inon, the Thunder god, refused to allow men to have fire." "And so, my brothers, time passes." "One day, all men and all animals hold a great pow-wow." "Yes, in those days animals and men understood each other." ""The men say that evil spirits are leading them on false trails."" "The braves who seek to find Fire are wounded." "Yes, even the bravest are wounded." "Yaaah!" ""What shall we do?"" "say the men and animals to each other." ""What shall we do?"" "Bear comes forward." "Yawn!" ""l dreamed a dream," says Bear." "A hawk, a wolf and a beaver set off toward the sun." "They find fire on the mountain of the setting sun." "The Great Manitou has spoken!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "Ha!" ""Now we know what to do!"" "The Chief speaks:" ""Let Beaver, Wolf and Hawk set off for the mountain where the sun sets."" "Wolf bounds away after a stag." "Wolf does not came back." "Hawk and Beaver decide to go on their way." "Fire!" "See!" "The fire!" "Fire is there, on the mountain." "Beaver goes to take the fire." "But the daughters of the Thunder god are on guard." "Beaver is struck." "Ha!" "He is not dead!" "Ah!" "How can they get that fire?" "But of course!" "With a mussel shell!" "Fire no longer burns on the mountain." "Quickly Hawk, quickly Beaver, run away with the Fire!" "Beaver hides Fire in the ground." "Hawk hides Fire in the trees." "Thunder is after Hawk." "Ouha!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "From that day on, my Brothers," "Beaver has no fur on his tail." "And from that day on, my Brothers, men are no longer cold." "Men have Fire."