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night, and they lay down to sleep. But as for Hodadenon he spent 

 the night going about hunting fleas, laughing when one would escape 

 him. 



When morning dawned the boy said : " Come, my elder sister, 

 arise now. The game animals habitually go about the open spaces 

 very early in the morning." The sister having warmed up things 

 [to eat], they ate their breakfast. When they were through the boy 

 said : " Now I shall go out to hunt." With these words he went 

 out of the lodge. After going around the lodge murmuring for a long 

 time, all of a sudden his murmurs ceased. He was now nowhere 

 about the lodge, for he had gone to some unknown place. It was a 

 long time before the sister heard the footsteps of a person who was 

 approaching — the sounds, dih, dih, dih, dih. Again Hodadenon 

 struck the door, making it fly open, at which the boy leaped into 

 the lodge, exclaiming: "Elder sister, let us go back right away. 

 I have killed a very large game animal, but I do not know what 

 animal it is. It may be that its name is Great Eyes ; it may be that 

 its name is It Has Two Long Ears; it may be that its name is White 

 Tail. Now it is that you must take the burden cradle; otherwise 

 you can not bear its body, for it is so great in size." Answering, she 

 said : " So be it. I will take the burden frame." 



Then the two started, and having arrived at the place, the boy 

 suddenly stopped, saying : " Just here is the place where I was when 

 I was surprised to see this animal running along there. Only my 

 arrow I held out and said to the animal, ^Tci, tci, tci, tci. Stop, first,' 

 and it stopped. Thereupon I asked it : ' What is thy name ? Per- 

 haps Thj'-Two-Eyes-are-Large is thy name; perhaps Thy-Two-Ears- 

 are-Long is thy name ; perhaps Thy-Tail-is- White is thy name ? ' 

 Then I shot, hitting the animal in the very center of its body. It ran 

 along farther, and I pursued it. At a long distance from here I 

 suddenly found its body lying there, with the arrow protruding 

 very little, so deep had it penetrated into the middle of the creature's 

 body." The two went on to the place where the game animal lay, and 

 on reaching it, the boy said : " Here it lies." His sister was surprised 

 to see the body of a deer lying there, and she exclaimed: "My 

 younger brother, I am thankful that now you have killed a large 

 game animal. I have been in the habit of pitying you, hoping that 

 perchance by the risks you have taken you might grow up to be a 

 good hunter. Now I think you are immune to the orenda (magic 

 power) of the neogen, for you have killed an animal bearing this 

 name." In a short time the boy exclaimed : " Oh, elder sister ! does 

 it taste good?" She answered: "Yes; indeed, it tastes good, and I 

 shall now skin it." When she completed this task she quartered 

 the deer, after having cut off the legs, which she placed aside in a 

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