Here they quarreled and the Hunter Brother left Little Brother to return and go up the Big Mountain--_Tallac_--where he had heard there were many squirrels.

After his departure, Little Brother decided to follow him and get him to make friends again.

So he trudged along the lake shore until he came to Emerald Bay.
There lying on the log at the edge of the lake, lay a water-baby.

It was asleep with its head resting on its arms and its beautiful, sunshine-golden-hair was spread over it.
"Oh," said Little Brother, "I'll get that beautiful sun-shine-hair as a present for my brother!" So he crept very softly down on the log, thinking to kill the water-baby before it awoke.

But he was not successful in this, for the creature opened its eyes as he laid his hand on its hair, and a furious fight ensued.