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A GEASS PLANT CAN BECOME SOMEONE 



ne and the Man had no clothing. Night came 

 down upon the earth soon after, and the Man sat 

 down with his back against the stick of wood on 

 which, as an owl, he had perched, and slept till 



orning. He was awakened by the sun shining 

 in his eyes, and upon arising, felt stiff and lame 

 from the cold night air. 



He found some of the same grass which he had 

 once been, and braided it into a kind of mantle 

 which kept out a little of the cold. Seeing a rein- 

 deer grazing, he felt a sudden desire to kill it and 

 eat its flesh. He crept close on his hands and 

 knees, and, springing forward, seized it by the 

 horns and broke its neck with a single effort. 



He felt all over its body and found that its skin 

 formed a covering through which he could not 

 push his fingers. For a long time he tried to 

 think how to remove the skin, and finally noticed 

 a stone with a sharp edge with which he managed 

 to cut through the hide. Then he quickly 

 stripped the animal with his hands, and tore out 

 a piece of flesh which he tried to swallow as he had 

 swallowed mice when he was an owl. He found 

 that he could not do this easily, so he tore off 

 small bits and ground them with his teeth. 



He had already discovered that by striking two 

 stones together they grew warm and felt good to 



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