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  to 
  all 
  go 
  out 
  and 
  play, 
  but 
  to 
  stay 
  within 
  sound 
  so 
  they 
  could 
  hear 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   called. 
  Then 
  he 
  talked 
  to 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother. 
  He 
  bade 
  them 
  remember 
  all 
  he 
  

   had 
  taught 
  them 
  and 
  to 
  tell 
  no 
  one. 
  After 
  a 
  while 
  the 
  man 
  could 
  choose 
  seven 
  

   men, 
  and 
  the 
  woman 
  could 
  choose 
  seven 
  women, 
  and 
  initiate 
  them; 
  then 
  they 
  must 
  

   wait 
  four 
  years, 
  when 
  another 
  seven 
  could 
  be 
  chosen. 
  They 
  would 
  have 
  power, 
  

   when 
  they 
  initiated 
  the 
  others, 
  to 
  impart 
  the 
  power 
  he 
  had 
  given 
  them. 
  When 
  he 
  had 
  

   finished 
  his 
  instructions 
  he 
  sang 
  a 
  song 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  animals 
  living 
  by 
  the 
  high 
  rock 
  

   beat 
  on 
  the 
  drum 
  and 
  sang 
  the 
  same 
  song. 
  Four 
  songs 
  were 
  thus 
  sung 
  by 
  the 
  Btranger, 
  

   and 
  to 
  each 
  the 
  animals 
  on 
  the 
  rock 
  sounded 
  the 
  drum 
  and 
  sang. 
  They 
  were 
  joined 
  

   by 
  all 
  those 
  that 
  dwelt 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  When 
  the 
  songs 
  were 
  finished 
  the 
  stranger 
  

   ordered 
  the 
  mother 
  to 
  call 
  to 
  the 
  tent 
  her 
  eldest 
  child. 
  She 
  circled 
  the 
  lodge, 
  went 
  

   outside, 
  and 
  called 
  her 
  son. 
  Then 
  she 
  came 
  in 
  and 
  took 
  her 
  seat. 
  Soon 
  his 
  springing 
  

   steps 
  were 
  heard 
  approaching 
  the 
  tent. 
  He 
  lifted 
  the 
  door 
  flap 
  to 
  enter. 
  The 
  stranger 
  

   cried 
  "Hah!" 
  and 
  the 
  lad 
  fell 
  forward, 
  striking 
  the 
  pole 
  that 
  stood 
  by 
  the 
  fireplace, 
  

   and 
  lay 
  dead. 
  The 
  stranger 
  bade 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother 
  lift 
  the 
  boy 
  and 
  lay 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skin, 
  his 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  Then 
  the 
  stranger 
  arose 
  and 
  painted 
  the 
  

   boy. 
  He 
  made 
  a 
  red 
  line 
  across 
  the 
  mouth 
  from 
  the 
  right 
  ear 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  then 
  drew 
  a 
  

   red 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  left 
  ear 
  down 
  the 
  left 
  arm 
  to 
  the 
  thumb; 
  then 
  a 
  similar 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  

   right 
  ear 
  down 
  the 
  right 
  arm 
  to 
  the 
  thumb; 
  then 
  a 
  red 
  line 
  over 
  the 
  chin 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   heart, 
  where 
  a 
  red 
  circle 
  was 
  made; 
  then 
  a 
  red 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  forehead 
  to 
  the 
  ear. 
  

   Then 
  he 
  painted 
  the 
  body 
  blue 
  from 
  the 
  waist 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  the 
  elbow 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  neck. 
  When 
  the 
  painting 
  was 
  completed 
  he 
  took 
  his 
  seat 
  and 
  then 
  bade 
  the 
  

   mother 
  call 
  her 
  second 
  child. 
  Again 
  she 
  circled 
  the 
  lodge 
  and 
  passed 
  outside 
  and 
  

   called 
  her 
  second 
  son 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  tent 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  her 
  seat. 
  Soon 
  he 
  was 
  

   heard 
  coming 
  rapidly 
  along. 
  As 
  he 
  stooped 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  stranger 
  cried 
  "Hah!" 
  and 
  

   the 
  boy 
  fell 
  as 
  his 
  brother 
  had 
  done. 
  The 
  stranger 
  bade 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother 
  carry 
  

   the 
  boy 
  and 
  lay 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  skin 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  his 
  brother. 
  Then 
  the 
  stranger 
  arose 
  and 
  

   painted 
  the 
  second 
  child, 
  making 
  the 
  same 
  red 
  lines; 
  but 
  when 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  paint 
  the 
  

   body 
  he 
  put 
  the 
  blue 
  paint 
  on 
  in 
  spots. 
  When 
  he 
  had 
  finished 
  the 
  stranger 
  resumed 
  

   his 
  seat. 
  Then 
  he 
  bade 
  the 
  mother 
  call 
  her 
  third 
  child, 
  and 
  she 
  arose 
  as 
  before, 
  cir- 
  

   cled 
  the 
  tent, 
  went 
  without, 
  and 
  called 
  her 
  daughter 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  lodge, 
  reentered, 
  

   and 
  took 
  her 
  seat. 
  Soon 
  she 
  heard 
  the 
  little 
  girl 
  skipping 
  toward 
  the 
  tent, 
  singing 
  as 
  

   she 
  came. 
  As 
  she 
  put 
  her 
  head 
  in, 
  the 
  stranger 
  cried 
  "Hah!" 
  and 
  the 
  little 
  girl 
  fell 
  

   dead 
  as 
  had 
  her 
  two 
  brothers. 
  Again 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother 
  at 
  the 
  bidding 
  of 
  the 
  

   stranger 
  lifted 
  the 
  child 
  and 
  laid 
  her 
  on 
  the 
  skin 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  her 
  brothers. 
  The 
  

   stranger 
  then 
  arose 
  and 
  painted 
  the 
  red 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  arms, 
  and 
  from 
  

   the 
  chin 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  heart, 
  as 
  on 
  her 
  brothers, 
  but 
  put 
  blue 
  in 
  spots 
  on 
  her 
  body 
  and 
  

   cheeks 
  and 
  tied 
  a 
  sash 
  across 
  her 
  heart, 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  his 
  seat. 
  Then 
  he 
  bade 
  the 
  

   mother 
  call 
  her 
  youngest 
  child. 
  She 
  rose 
  as 
  commanded, 
  circled 
  the 
  tent, 
  went 
  out- 
  

   side 
  and 
  called 
  the 
  little 
  boy 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  her 
  seat. 
  She 
  had 
  hardly 
  reached 
  her 
  

   place 
  when 
  they 
  heard 
  the 
  little 
  boy 
  running 
  to 
  answer 
  the 
  call. 
  He 
  poked 
  his 
  head 
  

   into 
  the 
  tent, 
  the 
  stranger 
  cried 
  "Hah! 
  " 
  and 
  the 
  child 
  fell 
  prone 
  and 
  dead. 
  Again 
  at 
  

   the 
  stranger's 
  bidding 
  the 
  parents 
  carried 
  the 
  little 
  boy 
  and 
  laid 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  skin 
  at 
  

   the 
  left 
  of 
  his 
  sister. 
  Then 
  the 
  stranger 
  rose 
  and 
  painted 
  the 
  child 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  all 
  the 
  

   others, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  arms 
  above 
  the 
  elbow 
  were 
  made 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

   earth. 
  The 
  stranger 
  told 
  them 
  that 
  the 
  red 
  lines 
  were 
  the 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  that 
  give 
  

   life; 
  the 
  blue 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  eldest 
  boy 
  was 
  the 
  clear 
  sky; 
  the 
  blue 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

   body 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  son, 
  the 
  night 
  sky; 
  the 
  blue 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  girl, 
  the 
  moon 
  and 
  the 
  

   night; 
  the 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  youngest 
  child, 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  stranger 
  further 
  explained 
  

   that 
  the 
  painting 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  eldest 
  son, 
  which 
  represented 
  the 
  day, 
  the 
  clear 
  

   blue 
  sky, 
  was 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  painting 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  girl 
  above 
  the 
  sash 
  and 
  on 
  her 
  

   cheeks, 
  which 
  stood 
  for 
  the 
  moon, 
  the 
  power 
  at 
  night. 
  The 
  painting 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  

   the 
  second 
  son, 
  which 
  represented 
  the 
  night 
  sky, 
  spotted 
  with 
  stars, 
  was 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  

  

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