As usual, Raven was hungry. He had heard of a large whale near an island and so he went to see it for himself. The people in the village near the whale were afraid of it, and they were too scared to go fishing.

Raven flew to the place and watched the whale for three days hoping to think of a way to trick it. You see, the smart bird knew that he would have lots of meat if he could kill the whale.

Finally, an idea came to him and he walked up close to the whale who was resting near shore.

"Please come closer, Cousin Whale, so that I may speak with you," requested Raven.

Whale opened his eyes and slowly swam up to the small black bird and asked what he wanted.

"I have come to tell you that we are cousins," responded the trickster.

"That is impossible! You are a bird and I am a whale. We cannot be relatives," said the great whale.

"Oh," said Raven, "it is true and I can prove it to you."

The whale was curious and asked how he could prove their relation.

"If you open your mouth," said Raven, "I will show you how our throats are the same shape, which proves that we are cousins."

Although the giant whale was not completely satisfied, he was soon opening his mouth for Raven nonetheless.

When the creature's mouth was open far enough, Raven ran into his mouth and down his throat. He was wearing a backpack with his knife and some firewood in it, and once inside he cut meat from the whale and cooked it over a small fire.

Whale knew that he had been tricked so he pleaded with Raven not to eat his heart. Raven agreed at the time and spent many days living inside the whale's body eating his meat whenever he grew hungry, which was most of the time.

Once most of the flesh had been cooked and eaten, Raven began to pull out Whale's organs as well. He ate his liver and other parts, but left the heart.

One day, Whale told Raven that the water was getting shallower and that they were near land. Raven took his knife and cut out Whale's heart and ate it, killing the great creature immediately.

The dead body washed up onto shore but Raven could not get out because the giant mouth was closed. He stayed inside the whale for another few days eating the rib cage.

On the third day he heard the voices of men outside. It was a group of hunters who had found the whale carcass. As soon as the people cut the whale, Raven flew out and escaped.