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These the Sparrow-Hawk would capture and take them to her nest 

 for her brood. At other times she would go and hunt some Praver 

 Beetles (hohoyahtu). The mothers of the Beetles and of the Grass- 

 hoppers were very unhappy. They saw that the 3^oung Sparrow- 

 Hawks were growing fast but their children were disappearing. 



One morning the Grasshopper mother sneaked out of her house 

 and looked up and saw the Sparrow-Hawk mother sitting again near 

 her nest. The Sparrow-Hawk mother saw the Grasshopper and 

 swooped down upon it and caught it. The Grasshopper mother began 

 to moan in the following manner: 



Takakalatu Manakalatu 



(The) man Sparrow-Hawks, maiden Sparrow-Hawks, 



Itimui yukumanta 



My children have gotten. 



Oh! Oh! 



The Sparrow-Hawk then released the Grasshopper mother and re- 

 turned to her nest. Soon some Hopi children came along and began 

 to capture the little Grasshoppers. The Grasshopper mother, seeing 

 it, told them they should not take them, but they should go and catch 

 the young Sparrow-Hawks and take them along. So they went to 

 the house of the Sparrow-Hawk and took the young Sparrow-Hawks 

 and took them along to the village. 



93. THE CROW AND THE HAWK.' 



Aliksai! At Macdhtoika the Crow was living. She had three 

 children. South of Munaovi lived the Hawk. 'He had four children. 

 They were always hunting some food for their children, the Hawk 

 hunting rabbits, little squirrels, etc., while the Crow hunted lizards, 

 snakes, mice, etc. One time as they both were hunting some food for 

 their children, they met in the valle}^ east of Oraibi. "Come here," 

 the Crow said. "Very well," the Hawk replied. " What do you want 

 with me?" "What do you think?" the Crow said, "we want to be 

 friends, and that is the reason I have called you." "Very well," the 

 Hawk replied. "You come and visit me to-morrow," the Crow said, 

 "and I shall prepare something good to eat for you." 



Hereupon they parted and continued their hunt. In the evening 

 they both arrived at their homes. The Hawk brought for his children 

 a rabbit, which he cut up for them and fed them. They enjoyed the 

 prey and then slept well all night. The Hawk was thinking about the 

 visit that he was to make at his friend's house the next day, and he 



I Told by Kwdyeshva (Oraibi). 



