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4. Verily, when the moon of the rutting of the deer was waning, 



5. He fell to meditating upon himself. 



6. Verily, it was at the time of the year when the earth was great 



in the ripeness of her fruits, 



7. He fell to meditating upon himseK. 



8. To the four winds, 



9. Even to each one of the winds, 



10. He rushed and stood perplexed, with paws uplifted and claws 



outspread. 



1 1 . Moved suddenly by the desire to rest his haunches, 



12. He stood perplexed, it has been said, in this house. 



13. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



14. The black bear went on with quickened footsteps, 



15. To a patch of bunch grass, 



16. Where he paused and stood, 



17. Then suddenly he plucked and gathered the bunches of grass 



into a pile, 



18. Nevertheless he did not put down his haunches to rest. 



19. Even as he moved about, 



20. He spake, saying: "I have not gathered these grasses together 



without a purpose. 



21. When the little ones go toward the setting of the stm against 



their enemies, 



22. They shall make use of this act when they go forth to make 



their enemies to fall. 



23. When they use this act as they go forth to make their enemies 



to fall, 



24. It shall be easy for them to make their enemies to fall. 



25. When they use this act in their supplications for success, 



26. They shall never fail to win success, as they travel the path of 



life," it has been said, in this house. 



27. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



28. The black bear went on with quickened footsteps, 



29. Verily, to the edge of a forest within the bend of a river where 



he paused and stood, 



30. In silent meditation upon himself. 



31. To this time he had not rested his haimches. 



32. Seven moons he must sit and rest, he knew, 



33. But stood perplexed, bewildered. 



34. Near by there stood a bush, of redbud trees. 



35. He tore down the bush and crushed to pieces the trees, 



36. The pieces he gathered into a pile. 



37. That he might rest his haunches thereon, 



