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you any ears on your head or any eyes in 

 your forehead? Are you stupid and crazy?" 

 The older brother then carried his brass gun 

 to die Yangtse River to hunt wild ducks. The 

 wild ducks flew away and escaped with their 

 lives. The younger brother then scolded the 

 older brother saying, "Have you any ears on 

 your head? Have you any eyes in your fore- 

 head? Are you stupid and crazy? Aren't you 

 senseless and stupid? Are you without hands 

 or without lower arms?" 



The older brother saw that the water birds 

 had flown upon the shore. He also saw that 

 the wild ducks had flown upon the pool. He 

 then took his gun on his shoulder and went 

 after them. The younger brother then saw 

 that the water birds had flown into the water 

 at the edge of the cliff. The older brother 

 also saw ducks flying into the pool. He saw 

 the ducks in a big flock. He again went with 

 his gun to shoot. The older brother went and 

 shot down a duck in the pool. The two broth- 

 ers then took their guns and placed them be- 

 side the cliff. The younger brother then swam 

 and picked up the water birds. The older 

 brother also swam out and picked up the 

 ducks. They saw that the water birds were 

 varicolored, and also that the wild ducks were 

 varicolored. They two then put their birds 

 down in their homes. 



They waited until friends from the distance 

 came, and then they boiled the waterfowls. 

 When they had boiled them, they drank 

 strong wine. 



The wild ducks were left until one day two 

 go-betweens came, when the ducks were 

 boiled and then eaten with tea. When the 

 wild birds and die ducks were eaten up, then 

 they rinsed their mouths. When they had all 

 eaten they talked happily about shooting birds. 



Trapping Rabbits and Raccoons (77) 



The sky brightened, and it became light 

 everywhere. Two trappers awakened. The 

 name of one was Ntz'i Tsi" Lun Do Lang 

 (ntza' ts3^ lAn" To*^ laO\ a person who was 

 not very good). The name of the other was 

 Ntzi" Seo Lun Do Ndzeo (ntza^ sau* Un'' 

 To*'' ndzAu^ a young person who, though 

 young, is an industrious trapper). Do Lang 

 led the dogs out to chase the rabbits. Do 

 Ndzeo released spotted dogs to chase raccoons. 

 Do Lang's dogs pursued rabbits but did not 

 catch them. Do Ndzeo's spotted dogs also 

 pursued raccoons but did not catch any. Do 

 Lang poked into crevices (or caves) in the 

 cliffs with a bamboo stick. Do Ndzeo also 

 beat a grassy hill with a bamboo stick. Do 

 Lang poked into a cave in which a tree was 

 growing and saw a raccoon inside. Do Ndzeo 



chased a rabbit out of a grassy hill. Do Lang 

 then carefully put his stick down. Do Ndzeo 

 also put his stick down beside the grassy hill. 

 The two men then thought about it. Each 

 thought in his mind that he ought to reveal 

 his ability, and the ability of each was con- 

 centrated on getting the game. Do Lang then 

 lighted a fire in the mouth of the cave to 

 smoke the raccoon out of the cave with a 

 tree in it. Do Ndzeo also used fire to burn 

 the grass. In a short time both revealed their 

 skill. The fire of one of them burnt the grass 

 so that there was smoke over all the big hill. 

 The fire of the other went directly into the 

 cave and filled it with smoke. The raccoon 

 then could not hide inside and came out and 

 ran. He then released the dogs to chase it. 

 The rabbit also was unable to sleep and went 

 leaping toward the big mountain opposite. 

 The dogs were released to chase the rabbit. 

 Do Lang ran to the crossroad and waited. 

 When the raccoon ran in front of him, with 

 one grab he seized the tail of the raccoon and 

 struck the raccoon against a rock until it was 

 killed. Do Ndzeo also waited below the 

 mountain. He seized the rabbit and killed it 

 by beating it against a rock. Then each 

 brought back home the animal he had caught. 



Do Lang saw that the raccoon that he had 

 caught had fat as thick as two fingers. Do 

 Ndzeo looked at the rabbit he had killed, and 

 its whole body was sleek (with much flesh). 



Do Lang said about the raccoon he had 

 killed, "The raccoon we killed this time we 

 will eat." Do Ndzeo also said, "The rabbit 

 we killed this time will also be tasted." Both 

 said, "We will all both eat and taste of both." 



Do Lang saw that the stripes on the rac- 

 coon's body were good looking. Do Ndzeo 

 also saw that the hair on the rabbit's body was 

 all one fine color. Do Lang then cut up die 

 raccoon and hung it above the fire. He waited 

 until one day two good guests came from a 

 distant place. When the guests arrived he 

 took down the meat and boiled it and offered 

 it to the guests with the fiery wine. Do Ndzeo 

 also fixed the rabbit meat and put it aside 

 until one day two go-betweens arrived. He 

 then took down the rabbit meat and boiled it 

 for the two go-betweens and poured out tea. 

 The two distant guests then ate the flesh of 

 the raccoon and departed. On the road they 

 discussed it saying,"It is too bad. The raccoon 

 meat was good, but there was not salt 

 enough." These two guests returned to their 

 homes and actually found that an elder of 

 this locality was commemorating the dead.^^ 



32 The memorial ceremony called in Chinese 

 tso chai. 



