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ering herself up. The youth now, as he went through the field, was 

 thinking, "Where shall I hide? It is time that she does not find me 

 again." As he passed along the edge of the field he heard a voice. 

 " Listen to me," some one said. "Come up here. I have pity on you. 

 One time she has already found you, and she will certainly find you 

 again." This was the Sun. Hereupon the latter threw down a rain- 

 bow upon which the youth climbed to the Sun, who hid him behind 

 his back saying, "Here she will not find you." So the mana followed 

 his tracks all through the field, and went to the edge of the field to a 

 small knoll, but could not find him. She followed them again through- 

 out the field and returned to the same place. By this time she was 

 puzzled where he could be. Her hair whorls were hanging down out 

 of shape. She was thinking and thinking where he might be. Finally 

 she pressed a few drops of milk out of her breast, examined the drops 

 in her hand, and seeing the sun reflected in them, she discovered the 

 boy behind him. She at once said : "Aha, there you are ; I have found 

 you. Come down." 



The youth now again covered himself up and the m^na went to 

 hide away the third time. But this time the youth lifted up a corner 

 of the covering and watched her, in which direction she went. When 

 he followed her tracks throughout the corn-field he could not find her. 

 Her tracks led to a patch of watermelons and squashes, but as the 

 runners covered the ground he could not find her there. He returned 

 to the corn-field and hunted, but not finding her anywhere he again 

 followed her tracks to the watermelon patch. Finally he gave up in 

 despair and called out: "I cannot find you, come out." She then 

 burst open a watermelon, saying: "Here I am, and you did not find 

 me," and came out. 



The youth by this time became unhappy. They again returned 

 and the maiden covering herself up, the youth went to hide away, 

 but was very unhappy. Running through the corn-field and along 

 its edge, he all at once heard a voice. "Where are you going? I 

 have pity on you. You come in here," and looking down he saw a 

 small hole by the side of a small corn-stalk. It was the house of Spider 

 Woman. This he entered and she quickly spun some web across the 

 opening. The mana again went to hunt for the youth. Running 

 through the corn-field repeatedly, she finally traced his tracks to the 

 edge of the corn-field, but could not find him anywhere. She then 

 drew forth from her bosom a mirror, which was probably a quartz 

 crystal. Through this she hunted first upward, hoping to find him 

 somewhere above again, but failed to find him. She then turned it 

 downward and all at once saw the opening of the Spider's hole re- 



