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time the father arrived, and after removing' the fleas, he scolded his 

 disobedient children. " Do not go to yonder distant house," said he, 

 referring to a third house. Despite their past experience and the 

 father's prohibition, off they went soon after his departure. 



On opening the door of that house, many Buffalo came forth, and 

 as they were departing the two brothers were shooting at them, suc- 

 ceeding in wounding a very small one that they put back inside the 

 house and then departed homeward. While on their homeward way, 

 their father returned and discovered where they had been. This 

 made him very angry, and being offended with them he wished to kill 

 them, so he went to the other side of the bayou and joined some 

 people who were there and were making arrows. 



Meanwhile the Ancient of Goldfinches went to the stream, and while 

 he was standing there, Tcidikiina, the son of the Bad Old Woman, 

 approached, having come to get water. On seeing him the Ancient 

 of Goldfinches remarked, ''What did you roast before you started 

 hither? " And on his replying, "The liver of a gray fox," the Ancient 

 of Goldfinches struck him and killed him. Then the victor stripped 

 off the skin of his victim, put it on himself, and went to the bayou to 

 dip up the water to take back to the house of the Bad Old Woman. 

 When he arrived there, he said, "O grandmother, where is that fox 

 liver which was roasted?" And when she replied, "I set it there," 

 he took it and ate it. "What do these people intend to do with the 

 arrows that they are making? " inquired he of the old woman. " I do 

 not know. See them and ask them," replied she. He went thither and 

 inquired, "What do you wish to do that you are making arrows?" 

 "You ask what do we wish to do? As two boys have been very 

 foolish, we are desiring to kill them," was the answer. Then the 

 Ancient of Goldfinches ran back to the old woman's house. On arriv- 

 ing there he said, " O grandmother, I will fetch water again." Then 

 he departed for the bayou. Arriving there, he pulled off the skin of 

 Tcidikiina, replaced it on the body of the latter, and restored him to 

 life. He dipped up some water, which he gave to Tcidikiina, and then 

 they separated, each going to his own home. 



On the arrival of the Ancient of Goldfinches at his home, he said to 

 his brother, "Our father wishes to kill us, so he is making arrows. 

 We too must make arrows." Then they got some hornets' nests, 

 brought them home, and hung them up here and there, after which 

 they were making arrows. 



The father and his allies approached and shot at the boys, who 

 returned the fire. They shot all their arrows away, and then they 

 knocked the hornets' nests to pieces, causing the hornets to issue forth 

 and drive back the assailants, who fled into the water. But the hornets 

 pursued them and stung them all to death, except the father, who had 

 concealed himself. The hornets came to land again and were seeking 



