Note 19 — PAU-PUK-KEE-WIS
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With a smile he spake in this wise: “O, my friend, Ahmeek, the beaver, Cool and pleasant is the water; Let me dive into the water, Let me rest there in your lodges; Change me, too, into a beaver!” Cautiously replied the beaver, With reserve he thus made answer, “Let me first consult the others, Let me ask the other beavers.” —Hiawatha