PAKsoNsJ FOLK TALES 369 



The sun said to them, "Tjifiuru hupitanin, no, dear child, do not 

 think such thoughts." So they went back to their place. But all 

 night they were wisliing to see the young man in the other world, 

 and they hoped that the next morning Nashon'uchu would do again 

 what he had done. In the morning Nashon'uchu did the same thing 

 when the sun was rising. Because of the wishes and hopes of the 

 girls the Icick stick did not reach the east, but the noontime place 

 (pienai). Blue Corn girl and Yellow Com girl opened the gate of 

 the world, and the kick stick came down to the earth where the two 

 girls were. Then Nashon'uchu, when he found that his lack stick 

 was down there, stopped at the gate and said, "E-e abu, oh my! 

 Blue Corn girl and Yellow Com girl." He found out at once their 

 thoughts. Those girls wanted to marry Nashon'uchu. So he paid, 

 "Nobody can marry me." *' Then the two girls laughed and said, 

 "On one', shame ! shame !" and bowed their heads over their grinding 

 stones. One was grinding com and one was grinding wheat. Blue 

 Corn girl was feeding the sun with corn meal. Yellow Com girl was 

 feeding the people of the world with wheat flour. They had their 

 grandmother (chi'i) there. She was sitting bj' the fire. Then the 

 old woman spoke to them, "E-e abu maku (grandchild) ee abu maku! 

 huniwa eyepiaweky. Do not think such thoughts ! ^^ You are not 

 supposed to many Nashon'uchu." Nashon'uchu was standing at the 

 gate, listening, and he asked the girls to give him the kick stick, that 

 he was worldng for his father, the sun, and for all the world, so the 

 people woidd have a good life and a long life. Now his father would 

 be missing the kick stick and woidd be late. He asked the girls 

 three times. They said they were not going to give him back the 

 kick stick unless he promised to marry one of them. He answered 

 that he could not marry. He said, "If you do not give my kick 

 stick, I am going. I am late meeting my father." So he started 

 to the sunset. TMien he got there he was late; his father was gone 

 already. Then he turned back, sorry, worrying about liis kick stick. 

 He stopped again at the gate at sunrise. He spoke, "Akuwam' 

 (greetings)." The old women answered, "Akuwam', grandchild." 

 He asked again for his lack stick. After he had left the girls the} 

 went up on top of the gate with the lack stick, and they were singing. 

 Then they threw the corn meal to the north, koafinwetoe. They 

 flew out, and they shook their wings. That made the wind blow on 

 the world — that was what made the wind. They descended at the 

 mountain Narpyenai', on top of the mountain. On the other side of 

 the mountain was a big mesa, Miripato', mesa sheer. They threw 



«i There is an Isletan tale, recalling a Zuni tale, in which the Com girls compete for Nashorochi hy 

 throwing their meal at an abalone shell in the wall to see if it will stick. 



" The difference in the phrase as used by the sun was e.tplained on the ground that women say words 

 a little differently from men. 



