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friend had forgotten. | Then the friend of Pipe Lighter became hungry. 
At once | he remembered what he had been told. They were going 
along, and | the friend of Pipe Lighter thought: “Well, let me try!” 
There was a tree, | and there was a burl on it. Pipe Lighter was 
addressed: || ‘Pipe Lighter!’’ Hesaid: ‘What is it?’’ Hewas told: 
“A bear.”’ | He said: ‘Where isit?’’ Hewas told: ‘Farther on, on 
a tree.”’ | They said to one another: ‘Hold on!’”’ They whispered, | 
because the bear was wild. Therefore they whispered, | so as not to 
scare it away. They looked at what they referred to. || It was a 
burl. Then Pipe Lighter took out his arrow. | He went there softly. 
Then they said to one another: ‘‘ Behold, he will make a mistake!”’ | 
Then they looked at it, and they laughed at him. | They did not make 
any noise when they laughed at him. Pipe Lighter went there | and 
looked around to see it. Then he aimed at it. || The people were 
laughing. Heshot. There was a noise of an arrow striking wood, | 
but already he had another arrow ready to shoot. Then they laughed 
aloud, | because he was shooting at wood. | He shot again, and hit 
something soft. His arrow stuck out, | and there was the noise of a 
bear. It was seen that the wood was moving. || The bear started to 
run up the tree. It stopped; | and while they were looking at it fora 
little while, it fell down. | It was killed. Then Pipe Lighter and his 
friend scared the people. | They began to eat the bear. | 
After they had eaten it, they went on. They went along. || Nothing 
was seen yet, and they were again hungry. Now, | there were two 
other friends. The one knew | what his friend had told him. There 
was a brook, and they went to the water. | His friend said to him: 
“What did you say?’ (Ido not know | the names of the friends.) 
The friend said: ‘‘Friend!”’ || He said: ‘““What?’”’ He was told: 
“There is acharr.’’ | He said: ‘Wait, wait! There aremany.” They 
said to each other: | ‘‘Wait! There are charrs.’’ Then the friends 
were looked at. | The one put on what he was going to use as aspear. | 
He did not look. He was not looking there at || the water. . Then he 
went. along softly. Then it was seen | that he was about to spear 
wood. Nowtheylaughed | and whispered. Then he threw his spear, 
and it struck something soft. | It moved and became a charr. | It 
was taken out of the water. It was eaten. It was small. They 
were not satiated, || because there were many. | 
They started again. They wanted to see what was happening. 
They arrived, | and did not see anything. Then in the evening they 
went on. | At night those who were the last talked, and said: | ‘‘ Wait! 
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It smells like people.” | It was very dark. Then they smelled the 105 
