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sun buried his body and took the head where he lived and hung it 

 inside of his hooded chimney. Fmally, after he was killed, they 

 learned where he was killed, and how he was killed. He had two 

 little sons, and they grew up. After they grew up they asked their 

 mother who was their father. Their mother said their father was 

 killed by the sun, long since. She understood that the sun had taken 

 their father's head to where he lived and that was all she knew. They 

 said, "Mother, wUl you make us a lunch, and we will track Sun to 

 where he lives ?" "No, my sons, you are too small, yet." "That's all 

 right, mother, but we will trj- our best." So finally they persuaded 

 their mother to prepare a lunch for them, and the next morning they 

 started out to look for their father's head. As they were gomg along 

 and were far from home, they came to Spider Grandmother's place. 

 She asked, "How did you get here where nobody ever comes?" The 

 little boys answered, "We are going east to where Sun rises to see 

 where he lives." Then Spider Grandmother said, "Nobody ever 

 comes here. You are the first to come. You say you are going to 

 look for Sun. Sun is pretty mean. You coidd never get close to 

 him, but I wUl see to it that you can get near him. Take this cigarette 

 for Sun and take this cigarette for yourself to smoke when you ap- 

 proach the hot place." They kept on going untU they got near where 

 Sun was living. When they were close to the hot ground, they smoked 

 the corn-husk cigarette Spider Grandmother had given them. 



When thej^ smoked the clouds came out, and it started to sprinkle, 

 and it cooled off the hot ground. When they got to the house of Sun 

 the boys gave him the cigarette Spider Grandmother had fixed for 

 him and Sun started to smoke it. With that cigarette he got drunk. 

 Then the boys asked him where the head was lying. Sun answered 

 that it was under the chimney, because he and Sun had bet that if 

 Sun came out before the man ever finished chopping wood he was to 

 cut off his head. Then the younger one said, "Father, you better 

 smoke another cigarette, and then you will surely feel good." After 

 he smoked he went to sleep and knew nothing more. When Sun went 

 to sleep, the boys went into the other room and took the head down 

 from the chimney. So they took the head and went home. \Mien 

 they got to Spider Grandmother's place, she said, "Are you going home, 

 my grandsons?" They said, "Yes; we are going home." She asked, 

 "How did you fare?" "Grandmother, we came out all right. The 

 cigarette you gave us we gave to Sun. With the fu'st smoke he got 

 dizzy, and •with the second he fell dov\Ti and went to sleep. As soon 

 as he went to sleep we went and got the head, and here it is." Spider 

 Grandmother said, "You take this head home, and you look for two 

 ceremonial white mantas, lay the head on one and cover it over with 

 the other one. Tell your mother not to peep in until your father 

 stands up. You learn this song from me and sing it, when you are 



