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the top of the tree, behold! Baboudina was coming along, following 

 the scent of her footprints right down to the water. Then he lost 

 her tracks and looked about in the water. 



At last he saw the young woman sitting in the water. Then he 

 jumped in and tried to kill her; but he could not do it, for he only 

 saw the young woman's reflection in the water of the lake. He came 

 out of the water again, and the water was full of dirt and mud. 



He stood on the shore waiting until the mud cleared away. 

 When it was clear, he saw the woman again sitting at the same place. 

 He dived again, and tried to get her in the mud, but could not catch 

 her. He came out again, and stood on the shore looking into the 

 water, waiting until it cleared, and soon the water was clear again. 

 Therefore the woman laughed at him, because he was so foolish; 

 and as soon as the water was clear, he saw the woman laughing and 

 scorning him, as he thought. Therefore he was very angry, and 

 dived once more, and staid in the water a long while. He came 

 out again and was furious. He felt quite chilly because he had been 

 in the water a long while. 



He remained standing at the same place, waiting for the water to 

 clear again. The sun had almost set before the water was clear. 

 Then he saw the young woman laughing and scorning him. Full of 

 anger because the young woman was mocking him, he jumped again 

 into the water and kicked and beat the mud in the bottom of the 

 lake. He staid there a long while; and when he came out again, 

 he was very chilly. 



Then he tied up all his long hair on the top of his head, and made 

 it round like a ball. His whole body was shaking, for he felt so 

 cold. The sun had gone down in the west; and he stood there, his 

 body shaking, and the ball of hair moving quickly. This made the 

 woman laugh very much when she saw it. When the water was 

 clear once more, Baboudina saw the young woman laughing again, 

 and he plunged in. He did not care about the cold. He forgot all 

 about it, and he staid there twice as long as he had before. 



Finally he came out of the water. He walked very slowly ashore, 

 for he felt very cold. The moon was shining, the sky was clear, and 

 the north wind was blowing, and soon he was frozen to death. His 

 wings were frozen to the ground. The woman saw bun lying there 

 dead. 



She did not believe that he was really dead. Therefore she took a 

 rotten branch, and threw it toward the place where he lay; but he 

 did not move. Then she came down from the tree and went to the 

 place where he lay and kicked him, but he was quite dead. 



Then she took her fish-knife made of shell, which she wore under 

 her shirt about her neck, and cut him open. She took out his heart; 



