See "Legend of Tis-sa'-ack."] Then all the animals assembled to bring down the little boys from the top of the great rock.

Each animal sprang up the face of the rock as far as he could.

The mouse could only spring a hand's breadth, the rat two hands' breadths, the raccoon a little more, and so on.

The grizzly bear made a great leap up the wall, but fell back like all the others, without reaching the top.

Finally came the lion, who jumped up farther than any of the others, but even he fell back and could not reach the top.
Then came the _tul-tok'-a-na,_ the insignificant measuring worm, who was despised by all the other creatures, and began to creep up the face of the rock.