They called out to Thunderbird who sent Tsona, his cousin. Then were all men and animals greatly afraid for they thought the whole world would burn. So, arising early and before his father, he took the shining ball out to make the day, but he could not carry it and dropped it on the earth between Bella-Bella and Bella Coola where it set the forests on fire. ![]() One day he thought he would carry the Sun in his father’s place. Yes, Mink is greedy and covetous, but most of all he is foolish. He steals clams from the houses of the women by the shore and when they complain, he turns them into starfish. He killed his friend Land Otter because he coveted his wife and Frog-Woman disliked him because he has a long face, small eyes and smells. ![]() He is foolish, amorous and full of curiosity. “The Mink is the son of the Sun and lives at Qalogwis.
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