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(a club^ith a stone attached to it), which the P6okongs had handed 

 to him. 



When they had arrived at the spring they stood there. "Now 

 we are ready," the young man said. Hereupon the P6okongs sang 

 the following song : 



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Slowly : Aha'naha yuyuna ha 

 Aha'naha yuyuna ha 



J- 1-11 LA. iicA-iicv y u. y ^^iicAf x±%^ 



Aha'naha yuyuna ha hahahaia „_ , 



T, , . , . , . 1 y Words are 



rast: Ahamahai yuyuna ha ., . . 



., . , . , all archaic. 



Ahamahai yuyuna ha I 



Ahainahai yuyuna ha hahahaina. j 



While they were singing the young man was shaking his ball and 

 holding the tal^wayi in his left arm, dancing at the edge of the spring 

 to the time of the singing. All at once the water began to move and 

 the Balolookong came out holding the maiden in his left arm. She 

 was still nicely dressed, having her turquoise ear-pendants still in her 

 ears. "My elder brother," she said, to her brother, "take me." 

 "Yes, you go nearer now, and have a big heart, but do not cry," 

 Spider Woman urged him. So he approached the edge of the spring 

 and reached for his sister. But as he did so he began to cry and im- 

 mediately the Balolookong disappeared in the water with the maiden. 

 "Oh!" they all said. "Now let us try it again," Spider Woman 

 suggested. "Let us try it once more, but you must not be afraid; 

 you must have a big heart ; you must not cry. I did not tell you you 

 must do this way, but have a big heart this time." And now they 

 were ready again. 



As they were singing the same song that they had sung before, 

 the young man again shaking his ball and dancing at the edge of the 

 water, the water again began to move and tlie Balolookong once more 

 came out, again holding the mana in his left arm. "Now go nearer, 

 close to the edge," Spider Woman urged him, "do not be afraid now." 

 So he danced slowly to the edge of the water and again his sister 

 reached out her hands towards him and said : " My elder brother, take 

 me." So when he was still dancing he held out his hand, grasped the 

 maiden and struck the Balolookong on the head with the club. Im- 

 mediately the serpent released the maiden and only his skin was 

 floating on the water like a sack. "Thanks," the maiden said, 

 "thanks! You were slow in taking me, you cried." Hereupon he 

 drew her out of the water, "Thanks!" Spider Woman said, "thanks 

 that you were not too late." Hereupon they put other clothes on the 



