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the town. | He saw that there was nothing moving. Ile knew that 
they must be hungry. | Away he flew. | 
They said: ““What shall we do with Raven that we may catch 
him ?”’ | They said: ‘‘Don’t go out to-morrow. Beaver || shall be the 35 
only one to go out, for he is wise. He will know | what to do.” 
Then the next day they did not move. | He went out. He went 
some distance, lay down, | and lay on his back hungry. His stomach 
was empty, and he lay there | just like dead. || 
Raven staid there. He thought agai: “T’ll go back to | the 40 
town.”’ He transformed himself into a raven. He flew away | and 
flew to the town. He saw Beaver lying | a little ways off. He 
thought: ‘‘Oh, Beaver is wise, | but he doesn’t know where the buf- 
faloes are.”’ Since he had become || a raven, he thought: ‘Let me eat 45 
Beaver’s eyes.’ | He flew down. He sat down on Beaver’s belly. | 
Because he thought he was dead, he was not afraid. | Beaver took 
him. Then Beaver said: “I caught Raven.” | 
All ran out to get Raven. || He almost got away from Beaver, 50 
because Beaver was hungry and weak. | Raven was fat and strong. 
Then the people arrived. | Raven was caught and taken to the 
chief’s | tent. They all went in. The tent was ballasted. | It was a 
big tent, and they were all around it. || Coyote climbed up to the top 55 
of the tent. | Coyote was looking in through the smoke hole. Then 
they spoke. | They said to Raven: ‘“‘ Now, tell us, what did you do 
with | the game? The poor children are hungry. You have hidden 
it.” | Raven did not speak. He wept. || He cried, because he was to 60 
die. They were not to kill him, because he was a chief, | because it 
was a town. He wore around his neck the eyes of buffaloes. | They 
took off his neckwear and ate it. They told him: | “ Quick, speak!” 
Raven did not speak. He looked up, | and saw Coyote there in the 
smoke hole. || He knew that Coyote was a coward. He thought: 65 
“Now | Pll be saved.’”’ Raven said: ‘‘Which way | shall I put my 
head?’’ He shouted. He saw Coyote, who was scared. | He thought: 
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“Now I shall not die.”” They said to him: “ Quick, | speak!” He 
shall I putmy head?”” Then 709 
shouted louder, and said: ‘‘ Which way 
Coyote flew up, and | Raven jumped out. He flew out. | He was 
saved. Coyote was scolded. | 
Raven flewstraight up, and was lost tosight. | Magpie had cleareyes. 
He said: “Qo, qo, qo!”’ || Coyote became angry. He tookdirt andthrew 75 
