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verily my grandmother will not make another one for me." Now 

 at that time verily he waded into the water; moved along some dis- 

 tance and then he disappeared on account of the depth of the water, 

 and then he was surprised that there was no more water in the direc- 

 tion whither he was going. Now then he saw there a standing lodge, 

 and that smoke was also arising from it. Now then he went thither. 

 He arrived there then and he saw a man sitting there. 



Then the owner of the lodge said, "For a long time now I have 

 watched thee with my eyes, for that I needed that thou and I shoidd 

 see each other. I myself then brought thee so that thou hast arrived 

 here. That then caused me to bring thee that thy grandmother 

 verily does not respect thee, that then is the reason I brought thee, 

 that now verily the time has come that thou shalt begin to do the 

 work which is for thee to do. That then in the first place I will 

 tell thee that a grave thing has come to pass in that thou and thy 

 brother have developed differences in mind. 



"Many things in nmnber then in the first place I will give thee 

 on which thou shalt continue to live, for verily thy grandmother 

 deprives thee of them. Here they lie then and do thou bear them 

 away with thee, and thou wilt prepare food for thyself of them when 

 thou dost return to the place whence thou shalt spit it to roast ; and 

 that tlien when it will be done then at that time thou shalt eat it. 

 And that then when they two, O'ha'a' and his evil-minded grand- 

 mother, from constant spying on you shall become aware that now 

 thou thyself too hast come into possession of provisions, they two 

 wUl ask 3'ou for some, as is well known. At that tune thou wilt 

 say, 'As soon as, first, it will grow, only then thou shalt decide how 

 much is necessary for thee to eat. " Then, in turn, he said at that 

 time, "Now then I will tell thee, thou wilt be able, behold, to make 

 for thyself such things as thou shalt need. Thou wilt fail in nothing; 

 all kinds of things will come to pass as thou dost decide." 



At that time then he said, "If it so be that thou wilt lack anything 

 thou must come back here again. No matter when it may be thou 

 wilt find me present in this place." At that time De'hae'"hiyawa"- 

 kho"' said, "Now I will return home." Then at that time he re- 

 ceived seed, and then at once he departed again. 



When he had returned to the place where stood his bark lodge, 

 then again his grandmother gave him the food which was their 

 leavings. Now then De'hae"'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now I will ask- 

 thee, my grandmother, what is the reason that so it is that never 

 have we eaten together and that Jhou always givest to me dry things to 

 eat?" Then at that time his grandmother answered, saying, "That 

 verily is the reason that thus it is that we have nothing, I customarily 

 find only bits of old food." 



