below, cried up to her, "Leap, little Wind-wife, and let me see that you have
courage!"

Katipah looked long over the deep space that lay between them, and trembled.
Then she fixed her eyes fast upon those of her lover, and leapt, for in the
laughter of his eyes she had lost all her fear.

He caught her halfway in air as she fell. "You are not really brave," said he;
"if I had shut my eyes you would not have jumped."

"If you had shut your eyes just then," cried Katipah, "I would have died for
fear."

He set her once more in the treetop, and disappeared from her sight. "Come
down to me, Katipah!" she heard his voice calling all round her.

Clinging fast to the topmost bough, "Oh, Gamma-gata," she cried, "let me see
your eyes, and I will come."

Then with darkened brow he appeared to her again out of his blasts, and took
her in his arms and lifted her down a little sadly till her feet touched safe
earth. And he blew away the beautiful veil of blossoms with which he had
showered her, while Katipah stood like a shamed child and watched it go,
shredding itself to pieces in the spring sunshine.

And Gamma-gata, kissing her tenderly, said: "Go home, Katipah, and learn to
have courage! and when you have learned it I will be faithful and will return
to you again. Only remember, however long we may be parted, and whatever winds
blow ill-fortune up to your door, Gamma-gata will watch over you. For in deed
and truth you are the wife of the West Wind now, and truly he loves you,