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with my arrows two rabbits which were eating- the grass, but I 

 could not hit them and they ran. Then I arrived at the spring 

 and began to till my water-bule. When I had finished I left it 

 there and wont to cut the guaches. I hacked steps in order 

 to climb the tree. Then I reached far up and cut the guaches. 

 Suddenly the limb broke and I fell! I broke my shoulder on the 

 rock. For a long time I was not able to arise nor to move my 

 hand or shake my fingers. I hurt my nose and my head. At last 

 I thought to myself, "I am not much hurt and my brother is 

 waiting for mo." So I got up and began to walk, but I was 

 very sore. 



Soon I met a friend and told him to go to the spring to fetch 

 my bule. He asked me, "Where is the spring?" and I replied, 

 "Beside the cliff, between the mesas." So he went to get the bule, 

 and I lay face upward beneath an ocote. As soon as he arrived 

 he sprinkled me with water on my face and shoulder and I felt 

 relieved. I put a bandage on my head where it hurt and then I 

 told him that I could walk as far as my brother. "Come!" he 

 said, and we went. 



Soon we reached my brother. He had shot some deer, one for 

 me and one for himself and I told him to skin them with my 

 knife. Then we ate the meat equally. When we had finished, 

 "How shall we carry the meat?" we said. "If we leave it here 

 the coyotes will eat it." Then my friend said to me, "I w r ill go 

 to town and get someone to help us to carry the meat." But the 

 town was very distant and it began to rain. It was very cold. 

 "Would that he would return quickly!" I said. I could hardly 

 stand it; my teeth chattered and my knees trembled. Then I 

 began to boat my hands and feet to warm myself. 



But now appeared three men besides my friend. Two of them 

 shouldered one deer and my friend and the other man carried the 

 other one. My brother took me by the arm to help me walk in 

 order to avoid the cold. But the road was very rough, full of 

 stones. Every five minutes I fell. In two hours every one reached 

 his house. My wife met me outside in the road and led me inside 

 and seated me with her beside the big fire. Then she put my 

 blanket on my shoulder; it was very warm. She cooked the meat 

 of the two big deer and gave me some of it. I didn't want to 

 eat because I wasn't hungry but she gave me some to eat. Then 

 I lay down and slept well, but the next morning I awoke ill, and 



