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When they discovered what had happened, the elders of the tribe were appalled But they did not send out a party to bring them back as would be done today Instead, they lit a special fire and gathered about it and began to sing

Day and night they sang and Grey Wolf heard the hours He knew they were calling hi continued and, on the second day, they came to the sea and Grey Wolf looked out across it to the land on the far side He boasted to Red Fox that the elders could not reach them there He rass She collected seeds and ground them into flour to make bread for their journey Grey Wolf found a clear streaht with thehed when he sa fast they were going and sang a song about himself and Red Fox But, when sleep overcaain and he could still hear the did not cease and he lay on the raft and felt a fever come over hi It forced itself upon hian to shout and screaet away fro mind

On the third day they reached this island Red Fox said they could go no further and she took a paddle and steered the raft onto the shore where youlovers climbed the hillside then went a little further to the headland where the cliff falls away to the waters far below On the right there is a whirlpool which is called the Mouth of Morpeth On the left is another whirlpool They went and stood above it and looked down

It seeone as far as possible They could think of no way to live together and they couldn't bear to live apart So they embraced and stepped out over the cliff and ju waters below To this day the place is known as Red Fox's Leap'

'Look' The apparition pointed to a pair of bright stars 'We call them Red Fox and Grey Wolf The story tells how they did not die but rose into the heavens As I have said, youevery word It is the underlying e is this: there is always a way of escape for those who are united by the bonds of true love They do not go up into the skythey journey to another realm'