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Gluskabe and the Four Wishes

Grade 2, Cashman Elementary School, Amesbury, Massachusetts

When Gluskabe’s work was done he sailed to an island.  Gluskabe left the village to go to a different island.  Four men went to see Gluskabe in a canoe across the sea.  The four men traveled across the sea to find Gluskabe.  The four men sailed across the ocean to Gluskabe.  The used a canoe to get to Gluskabe.  The four men zigzagged across the water.  The four men could not see, but then the fourth man smoked his pipe and the fog rolled away.  Gluskabe looked at the men and smiled, then he have them the pouch.  Every man had a wish.  Gluskabe was very kind to give the four sailors a wish.  Each man got one pouch, but there was one rule which was not to open the pouch until they got to the lodge.  Gluskabe, don’t open your pouch until you get to your lodge.  They had a quest not to open the pouches.  The first man opened his pouch just a crack.  The first man had nothing so he went to see Gluskabe, and when he got back he opened the pouch everything came out in the boat and he died.  Gluskabe said not to open their pouches until they get to their lodge, but one of the men did so he drown in a canoe.  The second man wanted to be the tallest man in the world, but there were four men, so the four men traveled to Gluskabe and were granted wishes.  One of the men opened the pouch a little to have a peek inside.  The third man who turned into a rock remained unchanged for many years.  The fourth man was worried that his people would not get enough to eat.  The fourth man wanted to be able to hunt.  When the fourth man opened his pouch, he could hear the voices of animals talking to him about their ways.  Yet,  as he sat there, holding the open pouch, there came into his mind a great understanding, and he realized the ways he was to hunt animals. Gluskabe was able to execute all of the wishes.