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morning, lots roosters, they're hollering, and cows, sheeps. That 

 man he wake up and hear them hollering. He keep liis eyes open 

 for while. Then he grab his bed. "What kind mattress is this wc 

 got?" His wife said "Wake up!" "Look, we're sleeping on bed!" 

 "We haven't got any bed." "I know it, but look!" Then they 

 heard the roosters hollering. "We killed our rooster last night, but 

 he still hollering." "Well, I guess our boy he's glad we treat him 

 right. Let's wait until the morning." They try to sleep, but they 

 keep on talking, tallying. They very glad. 



In the morning the man get up and look around the house. There 

 was lots of everything. He walk aroimd. San Diego, he sleep same 

 way; same blankets, same mattress. "Look at our boy. He's got 

 same bed. It must be God's son. I guess; yes." 



Pretty soon the two cooks get up in kitchen and make fire in the 

 stove. They heard them. The woman wanted to go in and see. 

 "No," said the man, "let's wait. They going come out, I know, and 

 tell us to come to breakfast. Let's go back to bed." So they went 

 back to bed. 



The two cooks came out to wake up man and his wife. "Good 

 morning, father." "Good morning." "Well, you better get up — 

 wash, and put your clothes on — for breakfast." So they got up. 

 Then the old man woke up San Diego. "You better get up and wash. 

 We going to have breakfast pretty soon." They put on their new 

 clothes. Old man wanted to give San Diego a new suit, but he don't 

 like to wear new suits. He won't put on. So old woman she cry. 

 San Diego said, "Don't cry, mother. It's all right. That's the way 

 I Kke it." 



After finished eating, the old man told his man to take the sheep 

 out and make camp. Same for horses and cows. Other man he told 

 to feed the pigs, chickens. 



The old man got a letter from a town on south side from king who 

 lived there. He sent a letter to every house. He said he was going 

 to have a bullfight. Anyone if he wants to can fight him. If he 

 win he can marry the king's daughter — any one of them. (He's got 

 eight.) It was going to be next day. San Diego said, "Well, let's go 

 down. I'd lilvc to see how they going to do down there." "All right, 

 we'U go down next morning." San Diego said, "Well, I'U look for 

 my horse." He found the horse. San Diego, he cany two httle 

 (loaves of) bread to feed the horse. The hor.se, he talk. "Guatzi, 

 Kaiotsa!" ^' the horse told him. San Diego said, " WeU, we going to 

 king's house to-morrow morning. We going to fight that steer." 

 "All right," the horse said, "I'U be walldng kind crippled in the 

 morning. The people, they'll think they going to lull us, but you 



" Ouati 

 signiflcs 



'i is the Keresan equivnient of "nello." Kaiotsa is a proper name; I do not know what it 



