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food. The elder sister ate a great deal. She overate. At midnight 

 they went to bed. 



The man spread another grizzly-boar skin for their bed, and he 

 gave them fur garments. They slept soundly that night; but the 

 elder sister, who had overeaten, soiled her bed early in the morning. 

 The hunter arose and made a fire. He cooked a meal for the two 

 women, and then called them. The younger one arose, but the elder 

 one was ashamed to get up. The man said, "Wake up, my dear, we 

 are waiting with breakfast!" but she cried because she was very 

 much ashamed. Then the hunter made fun of her. 



He wanted to marry the younger one. She replied, "You may 

 marry me if you promise to destroy your wooden wife. " He prom- 

 ised to destroy it, and she asked him to promise not to tell any one 

 what had happened to her elder sister. He also said that he would 

 never do so, and he also said to her, "Don't tell any one what I have 

 done to the wooden figure!" and she promised not to do so. Then 

 they were married. 



The young woman was better than his former wife. He taught 

 her to weave dancing-garments, and she learned the art quickly, and 

 she made them better than his first wife. The hunter came to be 

 richer than ever. He sent his sister-in-law back to the village; and 

 at the end of the next autumn they moved back to the village. 

 He gave a great feast to all the people, and built a large house, and 

 became a head chief in his generation. His new wife was a wise 

 woman and kind to all the people. That is the end. 



18. Plucking Out Eyes ' 



There was a great town, and many people lived in it. A large 

 lake was behind the town, and a good trail led from the town to the 

 lake. The people used to walk up to the lake to enjoy themselves — 

 young and old, and also children — because there was a good sandy 

 beach all around the lake. The young people would swim there — 

 young men, young women, and children. 



The town had a very good chief, a very kind man, and the chief- 

 tainess also was kind to all the people. Their son was a nice young 

 man, whom they loved very much, because he was their only son. 

 The mother had many brothers, who also loved her only son. 

 This young man was as gentle as his father and his mother; and the 

 prince had a young man, nice like himself, for his friend. They 

 loved each other like brothers. Often they would sleep in one bed. 



The young man's parents were very anxious that he should marry 

 one of his father's relatives; and all his uncles came and assembled 

 around him, and said that he must marry the girl, as his father 

 wished. However, he refused. He did not want to get married so 



l Notes, pp. 74H, 7.W. 



