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51. — MuYiNGWA, Two Children, and the Humming-Bird. 



Orafbi people have nothing to eat, as it does not rain for five years. All go 

 away, leaving little boy and girl in village. Brother makes for sister little bird 

 from pith of sunflower stalk. She plays with it, and, throwing it upwards, it 

 becomes Humming-bird and flies away. Next morning bird flies into house 

 and enters opening in wall. Boy puts hand into opening and finds little com 

 ear placed there by bird. They roast and eat it. Next day bird returns with 

 larger corn ear, and so it does for four days. On fifth day it does not bring 

 any com and boy draws bird forth from opening, in form in which he had 

 made it. Little girl throws it upwards and bird flies away. It sits upon rock, 

 looks southward, and detects cactus plant with single red blossom. Bird flies 

 towards plant and removing it finds opening under it. Entering opening it 

 is in kiva,- where grass and herbs are growing. At north end is another opening 

 through which bird passes to second kiva, where is com with pollen. Bird 

 finds opening into third kiva, where are grass, herbs and com of all kinds. 

 Here lives Mdyingwa, god of Growth and Germination. Mdyingwa asks why he 

 is going about. Bird flies on his arm and tells him condition of things at 

 Orafbi, and asks him to come out and look after things. He says children are 

 hungry. M65ringwa tells him to take what he wants. Bird takes roasting 

 corn ear and carries it to opening. Children are thankful to bird and ask it 

 to hunt their parents. It flies north and finds father and mother of children. 

 They are much emaciated. Man asks bird to procure them some food. It 

 flies away and tells children about parents. They ask it to bring them some- 

 thing to eat, and bird flies away. Mtiyingwa ascends to first kiva, and it 

 rains little about Orafbi. In four days he ascends to next kiva, and it again 

 rains. He ascends to third kiva and it rains considerably around Orafbi. 

 After four days more he emerges from last kiva and finds grasses and herbs 

 growing. Parents of children and others return. Children grow up and become 

 village chiefs and owners of Orafbi. 



52. — The KalAtoto who Wished to have Hair on his Head. 



Kaldtoto often visits Orafbi to find something to eat among refuse. Chil- 

 dren tease him and snap their fingers against his head so that he nearly dies. 

 He then retires to house. He wonders how he can get hair on his head like 

 children, and goes to timber and gets some pitch. He goes to village to hunt 

 for hair and finds some on piles of refuse. Next morning he puts pitch on his 

 head and hair on it. He visits village again and children recognize him. They 

 notice smell of pitch and take little sticks, with which they scrape it off his 

 head and chew it. He gathers up hairs which they had thrown away and returns 

 home. Next day he goes to timber and finds cactus, juice of which he puts on 

 his head and pastes hair to juice when nearly dried. He goes again to village and 

 children again try to remove head covering, but they find it is not pitch. 

 Towards evening he goes home and then dried jtiice cracks and falls off with 

 hair. He tries pitch again and puts it on evening before dance in village, 

 pasting new hair to it. He sleeps well, but pitch has become warm during 

 night and adheres to floor on which he has been sleeping. He tries to rise, 

 but cannot, and dies of hunger. 



