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alone." A young boy came from behind the curtain, and said his 

 name was "Thrown-behind-the-Curtain." During the day, while the 

 man went hunting, the boy stayed home. One day the boy said, 

 "Father, make me two bows and the arrows for them.'' His father 

 asked him why he wanted two bows. The boy said, "I want them to 

 change about." His father made them for him, but surmised the boy 

 had other reasons, and concluded he would watch the boy, and on one 

 day, earlier than usual, he left his tipi and hid upon a hill overlooking 

 his tipi, and while there, he saw two boys of about the same age shoot- 

 ing arrows. 



That evening when he returned home, he asked his son, "Is there 

 not another little boy of your age about here ?" His son said, "Yes, and 

 he lives in the spring." His father said, "You should bring him out 

 and make him live with us." The son said, "I cannot make him, be- 

 cause he has sharp teeth like an otter, but if you will make me a suit 

 of rawhide, I will try and catch him." 



One day, arrangements were made to catch the boy. The father 

 said, "I will stay here in the tipi and you tell him I have gone out." 

 So Thrown-behind-the-Curtain said to "Thrown-in-Spring," "Come 

 out and play arrows." Thrown-in-Spring came out just a little, and 

 said, "I smell something." Thrown-behind-the-Curtain said, "No, you 

 don't, my father is not home," and after insisting, Thrown-in-Spring 

 came out, and both boys began to play. While they were playing, 

 Thrown-behind-the-Curtain disputed a point of their game, and as 

 Thrown-in-Spring stooped over to see how close his arrow came, 

 Thrown-behind-the-Curtain grabbed him from behind and held his 

 arms close to his sides and Thrown-in-Spring turned and attempted to 

 bite him, but his teeth could not penetrate the rawhide suit. The father 

 came to the assistance of Thrown-behind-the-Curtain and the water of 

 the spring rushed out to help Thrown-in-Spring; but Thrown-in- 

 Spring was dragged to a high hill where the water could not reach 

 him, and there they burned incense under his nose, and he became hu- 

 man. The three of them lived together. 



One day one of the boys said, "Let us go and wake up mother." 

 They went to the mother's grave and one said, "Mother, your stone 

 pot is dropping," and she moved. The other boy said, "Mother, your 

 hide dresser is falling," and she sat up. Then one of them said, 

 "Mother, your bone crusher is falling," and she began to arrange her 

 hair, which had begun to fall off. The mother said, "I have been asleep 

 a long time." She accompanied the boys home. 



The boys were forbidden by their father to go to the river bend 



