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When Magpietail Boy arrived home, he sat down very quiet. 

 His wife brought him something to eat, and after he had eaten, since 

 it was already night, they both went to bed. And he laid the worm 

 above where his wife slept. The worm entered Yellow Corn Woman 

 at her navel. While she was sleeping it ate up all her entrails and 

 she died. And after that Magpietail Boy lived happily, alone. 



You have a tail. 



S^rjGEREPOVE'EN^ FiGHTS WiTH THE SuN 



Once upon a time the people were dwelling at San Juan Pueblo. 

 And S^qgerepove'eng dwelt there with his wife and two children. 

 S^qgercpove'eng was a great hunter. That was the only way he fed 

 his children. Every day he went out hunting and brought deer. 



Once he went out hunting and could not find any deer. All day 

 he walked. Not a track of deer could he see. And as he was tired 

 he sat down to rest on a log. "But why do I not find any deer 

 to-day?" he said. He took his bow. He drew his bow, saying: 

 "Would that a four-homed deer might come out. I could shoot 

 him at once and knock him dowoi." Then exactly as he said, a four- 

 horned deer came out. He aimed. But while he was drawing his 

 bow, the Deer spoke to him. "My friend, do not shoot me." 

 S^ijgerepove'eng, still drawing his bow, sat frightened. The Deer 

 went to where he was sitting. "My friend," said the Deer to him, 

 "let me talk to you. Within five days from to-day you must make 

 arrows. You must also make five quivers. Wlien you finish these 

 quivers you must be ready. This Sun that is helping us to live and 

 giving us light is about to make war on you. That is why within 

 five days you must come this way again, with your children. Here 

 you will meet with the Sun. Here you will have a fight. That is all 

 that I have to tell you. You must act like a man." Then S^qgere- 

 pove'eng got up from where he was sitting and started home. 



He was not bringing any deer. "Much as he has been hunting, 

 he never has come home from hunting without a deer," the people 

 said when they saw him coming from hunting. "S^rigerepove'eng 

 is not bringing a deer this time," the people said as they saw him. 

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