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hole ill the gronud, sliarpeued some arrow-wood, which they placed 

 upright at the phice where they used to sleep, and then escaped through 

 the hole which they had dug. At a distauce from the house they came 

 out of the hole. They left their bitch at the entrance to the hole and 

 said to her: "If the monster asks you Avhich way we have gone, 

 point with your head another way and call 'Wo'." Then they ran 

 away. 



When the day began to dawn the monster awoke and made a jumj> 

 at where he believed the brothers to be; then he fell on the sharp sticks 

 which pierced his belly. He pulled them out of his body, broke them, 

 and saw that the brothers had escaped through the hole. He followed 

 them, and when he came to the outlet of the hole, he found the bitch. 

 He asked: "Which way went your masters'?" She replied: "Wo," 

 pointing with her head in a direction which they had not taken. He 

 pursued them. But after a while, when he did not And their tracks, he 

 turned back. Then again he said to the bitch: "Which way went 

 your masters ? " She replied : " Wo," j)ointing with her head in a direc- 

 tion which they had not taken. He pursued them, but he did not find 

 their tracks and turned back. Three times he pursued them, then he 

 found their tracks which he followed. He followed them a long dis- 

 tance, and finally overtook the eldest brother. He killed him. He ran 

 on and overtook the next one, whom he also killed. He ran on and 

 killed one more. Thus he overtook and killed the four eldest brothers. 

 Now the youngest only was left. He fled, and arrived at a river where 

 he found an old man, the Thunderer, Avho was fishing with a dipnet. 

 He said, "Take me across; the monster pursues me. Quick, quick, 

 grandfather!" "Hohoo, who is your grandfather'?" " Quick, quick, 

 take me across, uncle." "Hohoo, who is your uncle?" "Take me 

 across, elder brother." "Hohoo, who is your elder brother'?" In the 

 stern of the canoe there was an old woman whose body was full of 

 scabs. N^ow the young man said, " O, please take me across, father-in- 

 law." "Ho, why did you not say so before?" Then he took him 

 across. "Quick, quick, go to my house and enter!" Then he entered 

 and the old man stayed in his canoe. After a little while the monster 

 arrived at the river and said to the old man, " Did you see the one 

 whom I pursue'?" "I did not see him." "Quick, quick, take me 

 across; I will give you my hat in payment." "What shall I do with a 

 hat?" "I will give you my cane." "What shall I do with a cane?" 

 "I will j)ay you with my blanket." "What shall I do with a blanket?" 

 " I will give you this twine." This he accepted. Then the Thunderer 

 stretched his leg across the river, and said: " Walk across over my leg, 

 but take care that you do not strike it with your cane." l^ow the 

 monster walked over his leg. When he was in the middle of the river 

 he struck it with his cane. Then the Thunderer bent his leg, the monster 

 fell into the water and drifted down toward the sea. His hat fell down, 

 and drifted down after him. Then the Thunderer said: "Okula'm 



