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was thinking about the good food that the Crow had promised to pre- 

 pare. Early in the morning, before he had eaten, the Hawk went over 

 to his friend. The latter was cooking some food already, and when 

 it was done he placed it before the Hawk. It was a loWokong, cut 

 up into pieces. The lolAokong had been very fat so that it was very 

 fatty food, but the Hawk did not relish it. It smelled very strong. 

 So he only pretended to eat, reaching his hand towards the vessel and 

 back to his mouth without taking any food. After he had done that 

 for a while he said to his friend that he was satisfied, as he had eaten 

 much, but he spoke a falsehood. 



After they had eaten they conversed together a long time, talking 

 especially about their hunting. The Crow had a great many lizards, 

 snakes, grasshoppers, and beetles in her house, which filled the house 

 with odor. The Hawk, not being used to this odor, did not enjoy 

 his stay there at all, because it smelled so strongly. ■" Towards evening 

 he returned to his house, first inviting his friend, the Crow, to come 

 and visit him the next day, and promising that he would also prepare 

 some good food for her. In the evening, when the rabbits are out, he 

 hunted some rabbits and brought them to his children, who were very 

 happy over them. After they had eaten them, they slept. The Crow 

 was thinking during the night about her visit at her friend's house, 

 and about the good food that she was promised. Early in the morn- 

 ing, without having partaken of any food, she proceeded to her 

 friend's house. 



The Hawk, remembering the food that he had received at the 

 Crow's house, and which he had not relished, only cooked the skins 

 and intestines of the rabbits, preparing a food of these for his friend. 

 When the latter arrived she asked: "Is somebody at home?" "Yes," 

 the Hawk replied, "come in. Sit down." Hereupon he set the food 

 which he had prepared before the Crow, and as the Crow likes almost 

 anything, she relished the food very much. The Hawk had thought 

 she would not eat any of the food, but she ate heartily of it. They 

 talked all day together, and then in the evening the Crow returned 

 to her house and she is still living there, hatching her young, while 

 the Hawk is still living at the same place, where he also hatches his 

 broods. 



