A38B. The mouse gnaws through the snare. 41.-.46.48.

The sun falls into a trap, a snare. Only a mouse or other small animal can gnaw through a snare and release the sun.

Subarctic. Beaver [mouse]; chipewayan [mouse]; doghrib [mole].

NW Coast. Bellacula [mouse].

The coast is the Plateau. Quarry [mouse].

The Midwest. Winnebago [hare]; menominee [mouse]; ojibwa (incl. timagami) [mouse]; western marsh crees [mouse; shrew]; eastern marsh crees [mole; shrew]; northern Ojibwa (Sandy Lake) [mouse]; Steppe Cree [beaver]; Eastern Cree [shrew]; Atticamek [mouse]; Algonquins (Grand Victoria Lake) [mouse].

Northeast. Nakapi [shrew].

Plains. Sarsi [mole]; blackfooted [mole]; assiniboine [mouse]; Omaha [rabbit].

California. Vinto [mole].