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estufa and said to the Wizards: "Hu, hu. I have not seen a hiunan 

 being outside, but there is tlie tail of a wolf skin sticking out from 

 under the roof-hole sticks," And saying "Hu, hu," he flew out. 



As soon as the Screech Owl mentioned the wolf skin Yellow Corn 

 Woman realized who it was. "That must be my husband then," 

 she said to herself. "Let one of you go out to see. If you should 

 find anybody, bring him in," said the leader. And one of them went 

 out to look. As he looked around the roof-hole, there was indeed a 

 person under the roof-hole, covered with a wolf skin and hidden 

 under the roof-hole sticks. He was taken out of there, was carried 

 into the estufa, and was brought to where the leader was sitting. 

 "Ah, how is it that you come about my precinct?" But Magpietail 

 Boy did not say anything. He was then taken over and seated where 

 his wife was seated. As it was then after midnight, he could hardly 

 keep his eyes open. He finally laid his head on his wife's lap and 

 went to sleep. After the Wizards had finished their ceremony, they 

 made a ridge-bench in the arroyo. He was then put there while 

 he was still asleep. 



WTien he awoke early the next morning he was lying face up in a 

 strange place on the cliff bench. "How am I going to get out of this 

 place, now?" he said to himself. It was even impossible for him to 

 turn over. Since the cliff bench on which he was lying was only 

 wide enough for him to lie on, he could only look upward as he lay 

 there. 



