--- title: IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring and His Ruffle — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring and His Ruffle, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Chippewa, 1895) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring an… # IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring and His Ruffle IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring and His Ruffle of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 20 sentences and 285 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Chippewa, 1895)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho had a wolf who hunted for him.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") “My brother,” said Menabozho, “never cross the water, for the water manitous will catch you.”[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") One day the wolf was tired and saw a narrow stream in his way, so he threw the goose he had caught over his back and tried to leap across the stream.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The water manitou caught him, and Menabozho had no supper and never again saw his wolf.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") The next day Menabozho saw the kingfisher sitting on a tree near the stream.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") “My brother,” said Menabozho the Sly One, “can you tell me where Menabozho’s brother wolf is?”[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") “What will you give me if I tell you?” said the kingfisher.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will put a fine collar around your neck if you will tell me,” said Menabozho.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") “First put the collar around my neck, then I will tell you,” said the bird.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho fastened around the bird’s neck a beautiful white collar, which he wears to this day; then the kingfisher told him how he had seen the wolf caught while leaping across the water the day before, and said:[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") “The great water manitou comes out when the sun is hottest to rest on the shore.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") He will sleep on the wolfskin.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") The mud turtle will sit on a stone and keep watch for Menabozho.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") The bear will stand by this tree and watch.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") I will sit on this tree and watch, too.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") We are all friends, but maybe you are Menabozho?”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The bird jumped, but Menabozho caught its head in his hands.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The kingfisher twisted his head out of Menabozho’s fingers, gave a laugh, and flew away; and that is the way he got his ruffle.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Ooranah.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [III. Menabozho Caught](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/72/) - next →: [V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/74/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)