harrinoton] 



CHILDREN'S STORIES 



353 



The next morning the Dove Maidens got ready to grind. Pouring 

 the com on the metate, they ground. And they sang: 



NO. 5. SONG OF THE DOVE MAIDEN SISTER.S AS THEY BECOME STARS 



168 



Transcription by Helen H. Roberts. 



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K'u-a - k'a-so - phi -n{i -ta - te'^ K'u-a - k'a-sa - phi- n^i-ta - ts'^ 

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'4 - i - wi-k'i-wa- p'a -lo - h^ - m^-ha - m§ 



h^ - niQ Kp.n - so - 



h^. - m^- h^. - m? - h^ - m? K^n-so-ts'a-'o 

 TRANSLATION 



tel 



hu. 



The meaning of the words is obscure except that -telhu means 

 "she grinds." 



As they ground, they rose slowly higher and higher. Their poor 

 grandmother sat weeping. Said she: "My dear children, you must 

 not do thus. Stop grinding!" The Dove Maidens did not listen. 

 Smging, they ground. They rose slowly higher. Theii- grand- 

 mother sat weeping. They reached the ceiling. They rose slowly 

 higher. "My dear children," their grandmother said, "you must 

 not do thus. Come back here!" The Dove Maidens disappeared. 

 They are the two little stars above Jicarita Mountain. 



This is the reason that it is well to obey one's parents, and this 

 is the reason that Mokiuto and Po?oke are above Jicarita Mountain. 



You have a tail. 



