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look ! see what a shadow I make ! See what a giant I am ! ' But as the sun rose higher and higher his shadow grew shorter and shorter , until , at noon , it had dwindled to scarcely a span 's length . Whereupon , he set up a loud lamentation , when suddenly a Manitou appeared before him , who wore on his feet a pair of winged red moccasins . '' ` What grieves you , boy ? ' said the Manitou . ''