When he told them what he was going to do, his friends thought he was crazy. You see, Nanabozhu was the Anishinabeg trickster demigod and if you had any kind of meaningful interaction with him he always played some kind of trick on you, or left some kind of mark on your species. That’s where the Loons got their red eyes, or the Kingfishers the ruffled feathers of their crests. And he was important enough, that he would reveal himself to you in his human form maybe only once in your life time.
So Wootihu set out to find Nanabozhu.
In those days, Nanabozhu was much easier to find… if you dared. All you had to do was find any piece of wood and knock on it four times, then call his name after you knocked and repeat all of that three more times until Nanabozhu answered.
Thus it was the next Saturday morning that Wootihu did this;
Knock knock Knock knock,
“Nanabozhu?”
Knock knock knock knock,
“Nanabozhu.”
Knock knock knock knock,
“Nanabozhu!”
Knock knock knock knock,
“Nanaboooooooozhu.”
on the outside of his closed bathroom door, which was the closest piece of wood he had in the house at the time.
After which Wootihu heard the sound of a toilet flushing, and then the sounds of someone zipping their pants and then washing their hands in the sink. The door opened to reveal Nanabozhu standing behind it, holding it open.
A questioning Nanabozhu looked at Wootihu and asked, “Yes?”
**** To be continued ****
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