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red-speckled horse got up and shook himself, took a big sneeze and 

 lifted up his ears and swung his tail to and fro. When the husband 

 heard the horse whinny four times, he went out quickly to him. Just 

 as he got near to him, the whole herd had gotten back, the animals still 

 panting and the colts and mares whinnying. In fact the duimals were 

 glad to be together again. Being so grateful, he went up to his horse 

 and began to hug and kiss him tenderly. "I want to tell you, my horse, 

 that I did wrong, but it is all over with, so we all can be happy again," 

 said the husband. The husband attended the stock this time. 



"Say, wife, I would like very much to have a white horse, with 

 real black ears, horse that has small black eyes and a nice 

 conspicuous black spot at the root of its tail," said the husband to his 

 wife, who was then in generous humor. "All right. Then you may 

 go after that mare I am so fond of and bring her to me, that mare 

 I ride so much," said the wife. So he went out to the herd and brought 

 in the gentle mare, and the red-speckled horse following. So she sad- 

 dled the mare and mounted her. "Say, man, see that divide in the 

 east? I want you to watch that small ravine dividing the range until 

 I come out of it," said the wife, hastily, as she started off with the red- 

 speckled horse. 



Of course the husband knew that besides searching for the object 

 of his wish, something would take place with the couple. He wailed 

 patiently and watched the spot with eagerness, till at last the wife rode 

 over the divide through the ravine, followed by the red-speckled horse 

 and the new black-eared horse. "Well, well ! There comes my wife 

 with my desire,'' said the husband washing his teeth with saliva. The 

 wife reached the tipi anH said to her husband, "Here is your horse, take 

 him. He is perfectly gentle. Bridle him and get on him," said the 

 wife, dismounting from the mare. 



The husband stepped up to his wife, hugged and kissed her ten- 

 derly, and congratulated her for her good deeds, etc. The wife en- 

 tered the tipi. The mare and red-speckled horse grazed about, while 

 the husband caught the new horse and mounted him. Being very 

 proud of his new property, he rode the horse around the camp-circle. 

 Whenever he came to a group of people, they would remark on his 

 splendid horse, "What a nice looking horse that is !" "Well, he must 

 have raised it." "It is his own," said the spectators. "Yes, it is mine," 

 said the husband, as he was returning to his home. He then drove the 

 mare with red-speckled horse to the main herd, leaving the good wife 

 to do what had to be done at home. 



The next morning he faced his wife and said in loving voice : "I 



