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the reason that thus it shall come to pass is that thy mind is as 

 certain about this matter as it was when you had just departed 

 thence." 



Then the other male person in his turn was asked, in that she said, 

 "How is thy mind (concerning this)?" Then at that time verily he 

 replied, saj'ing, "I myself am not thinking about the places along 

 which I came. Not also am I thinking of the place whence I started, 

 nor in turn whither I should go should I depart from this place. It 

 is thus sufficient that my mind is satisfied that I have arrived in this 

 place. By and by, it is known, verily it will become exceedingly 

 delightful (here). As to myself, I trust in the thing my father gave 

 me." Then the Elder Woman said, "What kind of thing then is it 

 in which you trust and which thing thy father gave thee?" Then 

 he said, "That verily is the arrow'* which has a point attached to it. 

 For that verily, perhaps, he intended that I should use for defending 

 myself. And that is the reason that I myself am not thinking of any 

 other place." Then the Elder Woman said, "Then, verily, I call 

 thee O'ha'a' (Flint)."'' [This originally was crystal ice.] 



Then in a few days she heard the two male twins conversing. 

 O'ha'a' was saying, "Dost thou know where the mother of us two 

 goes about?" De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' said, "I know. Verily she 

 only sleeps." 



Then at that time O'ha'a' asked his grandmother, saying, "Is it 

 true that the mother of us two is asleep?" His grandmother spoke, 

 saying, "It is certain, indeed. She will awake again, too, when it 

 will be time." Then O'ha'a' said, "It is very necessary for me that 

 quickly I should see the mother of us two." Then the Elder Woman 

 said, "Thou wilt see her, it is known, when she will again arise." 

 Then O'ha'a' proceeded, saying, "It must needs be, as is known, 

 that thou shalt tell me. That will please my mind that I myself 

 shall see my mother." 



Then at that time the Elder Woman thought that perhaps nothing 

 would go wrong should that come to pass that truly he should see 

 his mother. So then she showed him. Then when he saw his mother 

 lying there he said, "Come, do thou who liest here arise again. 

 What thing is the reason that thou sleepest here?" 



She did not stir at all. Then O'ha'a' said, "What thing will we 

 do with this woman sleeping?" Then his grandmother spoke, say- 

 ing, "It will only remain thus. Soon, as is known, she will again 

 arise." Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "As to even me, my 

 mind is such that it matters not to me that she continue to sleep until 

 the time come that she will again arise." 



Then O'ha'a' said, "I myself will just wait also a short while. If 

 it so be that my mind will become an.xious that she should again 



See note on p. 609. 



