After Gluskabe made human beings, he decided to see how the other creatures would get along with them. He called all of the animals together.

“My friends,�?he said, “I am going to say a word. When I say that word, I want to see what you will do.�?Then he took a breath and spoke the word which means human beings. “Alnabe,�?he said.

The rabbits and deer, the caribou and elk turned and fled into the forest. The wolves and bears growled and then slipped back into the cover of the trees. Gluskabe nodded. This was how it should be. Almost all of the animals ran and hid when they heard the word for human beings. But not all of the animals ran away. The squirrel and the moose stayed where they were. In those days the squirrel was very large, bigger than the biggest bear. The moose too, was bigger than it is now. It stood above the biggest trees. Gluskabe raised one eyebrow and looked at the squirrel, “Alnabe,�?he said again.

When the squirrel heard the word spoken a second time it became very angry. It picked up big rocks and threw them. It tore branches off the trees. Then Gluskabe said the word to the moose. It stomped its huge  feet on the earth and knocked trees down with its big horns.

“So,�?said Gluskabe to the squirrel. “What will you do when you see a human being?�?/SPAN>

“I will grab any human being I see and tear it apart,�?the squirrel snarled. “I will kill all human beings�?/SPAN>

Gluskabe shook his head. “No, nijia,�?he said. “That is not how it will be when you see my children and my children’s children.�?nbsp; He reached out a hand and picked up the squirrel. With his other hand he began to pet it. As he did so the squirrel grew smaller and smaller until it was littler than the smallest rabbit.

“Now,�?Gluskabe said, “you will not be able to hurt my people.�?/SPAN>

Even so, the squirrel still has a bad temper to this day. When you go into his forest, he will run around in the treetops throwing twigs down to you and threaten you in his small voice, for he still remembers when he was big and terrible.

Gluskabe turned to the moose. “What will you do when you see a human being?�?he said.

The moose shook his antlers. “I will toss him on my horns. I will trample him under my feet.�?/SPAN>

“No,�?Gluskabe said, “That is not how it should be.�?He placed one hand on the moose’s head between his horns and the other hand against the moose’s nose. “Show me how strong you are, nijia,�?Gluskabe said. “Push as hard as you can."

The moose pushed, He pushed and pushed, and as he pushed he grew smaller. His neck grew shorter and his nose became bent. Then Gluskabe stopped. The moose was still large, but he was no longer a great danger to the people. But to this day, the moose has a broken nose and a short neck because of how he pushed and if you look between his horse you can see the mark of Gluskabe’s hand.

That is how Gluskabe changed the animals so the world would be better for the people.