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over and sat in the shade, and then he lay down. About 11 o'clock 

 the king came. "Hello, boy," he said. "Hello." "What are you 

 doing?" "Herding rabbits." "Can you give me one?" "No." 

 "Why not?" "I would get my head cut off if I lost one," San Diego 

 said. The king tried to buy one, but San Diego he won't sell. "I 

 give you lots o' money — anything — for one of those rabbits," said 

 the Idng. "All right," San Diego said. "All right, now let's get 

 the rabbit." But they hunt all over, and they can't find any; they 

 all hid. They hunt long time. 'Bout 2 'clock it's hot. King he 

 got tired. He thought that San Diego would lose anyway, 'cause 

 they can't find those rabbits, so he went home. San Diego ate his 

 dinner. About 4 'clock he went down. He blew his whistle, and 

 all the rabbits they come runnin'; aU the hundred. 



"Are you all here?" "Yes," the rabbits say, "you coimt up; we 

 go by one at a time." So aU the rabbits went by San Diego, and he 

 count them. They were 100, all there. Then they went back home. 

 The lung was watcliing San Diego. When they got back the king 

 opened the door of the pen and counted the rabbits as they went in. 

 They were all there. "All right," said the king, "you can sleep with 

 my daughter to-night and marry her to-morrow morning." "All 

 right." So they went in and washed for supper. After supper, San 

 Diego went out to water his horse. "All right," the Idng said, "but 

 come right back, don't stop at that Mexican's house." San Diego 

 went out to where liis horse was. "To-morrow morning you going 

 to get married, ain't it?" the horse asked San Diego. "After you 

 marry, but before 11 o'clock, you ask the Idng for his knife. Sharpen 

 it up good, and cut my tlu-oat." "W^hy?" " 'Cause you're going 

 to get married." He told San Diego to knock him down and mark 

 a cross on his throat, then cut his throat open. He was to say, "Go 

 on, my horse, go to heaven." The horse said, "First, I'U blow out 

 my blood, and lots horses wiR come out. I'll blow out four tunes. 

 The fu-st time will be gentle horses; the second time gentle horses; 

 the third time, gentle; the fourth time, wild horses. When I finish, 

 .you pick out the horse you like best and that wUl be me." Then 

 San Diego went back. "Wliere have you been?" the king asked. 

 "Down to the Mexican's house." The Idng gave San Diego the key 

 to his daughter's room. The girl said, "We going to many to- 

 morrow." San Diego said, "Yes; but I going to kill niA' horse." 

 "Why?" "Well, I going get married and I going help my father 

 get other horses." "How?" "I show you." 



Early in the morning the king came down and washed for breakfast. 

 The king gave San Diego a suit, 'cause he going to be the king's son- 

 in-law. Then he gave a suit to the girl, too. They going to be 

 married in the church. The king told the people to come at 12 

 o'clock for dinner. There was to be a dance that night. San Diego 



