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lowed, soon overtaking his older brother. The two brothers laughed 

 and said to each other: "So this is the way we find it here. We are 

 not going to die here. " They found that the path on which they 

 were going was the oesophagus of the monster, which led into its 

 stomach. In the latter they found a great many people of different 

 nationalities which the monster had devoured in different parts of 

 the earth; in fact, they found the stomach to be a little world in it- 

 self, with grass, trees, rock, etc. 



Before the two brothers had left their home on their expedition 

 to kill the monster, if possible, their grandmother had told them that 

 in case the monster should swallow them too, to try to find its heart; 

 if they could shoot into the heart the monster would. die. So they 

 concluded that they would now go in search of the heart of the 

 monster. They finally found the path which led out of the stomach , 

 and after following that path quite a distance they saw way above 

 them hanging something which they at once concluded must be the 

 heart of the monster. P6ok6nghoya at once shot an arrow at it, but 

 failed to reach it, the arrow dropping back. Hereupon his younger 

 brother tried it and his arrow pierced the heart, whereupon the 

 older brother also shot his arrow into the heart. Then it became 

 dark and the people noticed that the monster was dying. The two 

 brothers called all the people together and said to them: "Now 

 let us get out. " They led them along the path to the mouth of the 

 monster, but found that they could not get out because the teeth of 

 the monster had set firmly in death. They tried in vain to open the 

 mouth but finally discovered a passage leading up into the nose. 

 Through this they then emerged. 



It was found that a great many people assembled there north of 

 the village. The village chief had cried out that a great many peo- 

 ple had arrived north of the village and asked his people to assemble 

 there too. They did so and many found their children and relatives 

 that had been carried off by the monster, and were very glad to have 

 them back again. 



The two brothers then said to the others that they should now 

 move on and try to find their own homes where they had come from, 

 which they did, settling down temporarily at different places, which 

 accounts for the many small ruins scattered throughout the country 

 The old people say that this monster was really a world or a country, 

 as some call it, similar to the world that we are living in. 



