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their father. So paiwdlawe told them they could not go. They had 

 to come to the meeting that night. Paiwilawe kept on insisting, but 

 the older boy said, "That is true, father, you are the leader of the 

 pueblo. You are the headman; but at the same time I am com- 

 manded by my father to leave the pueblo and look for him and help 

 him in this world." 



They said good-bye to their grandmother and mother, and they went 

 out toward the east. As they were going, the t'aikabede called out 

 for them to bring back the little boys. All the fast runners in the 

 pueblo ran to overtake them, and all the people in the pueblo ran 

 after them, but they could not catch them. The faster they chased 

 them, the faster they ran. They kept on chasing them four days. 

 On the fourth day they gave up, for it began to rain and rain and rain, 

 and the more it rained the faster the little boys ran. After they 

 came back, on the fourth day, at night, they called for another meet- 

 ing, but it was too late. They coidd do nothing about it. They 

 went and talked to the toyide (medicine man). He said that it was 

 always better to think in advance of doing anything, and that it was 

 now too late. Because the t'aikabede made this mistake of planning 

 too late, afterwards in this world people would always plan too late. 

 From there the little boys went on and went on until they came to the 

 house of Spider grandmother. That was on the eighth day after they 

 had started out. Spider grandmother asked them where they were 

 going. They were so small and nobody ever came around there, and 

 how did they get there? They told where they were going and for 

 whom they were looking. Spider grandmother said, "My grandsons, 

 you are going very far. You will get over there four days from to-day; 

 but I think you will never talk to the sun because he is very, very 

 mean. You will be burned before you get close to him." The little 

 boys said whether or not they got burned they had to go. So the 

 next morning they started again. They told Spider old woman good- 

 bye. She told them what direction to go in, and how they would come 

 to a big mountain. After they went out they passed just where 

 Spider old woman told them. The younger boy was getting tired 

 over the rocky mountain. He was falling back and did not want to 

 go any farther. That was on the tenth day. His brother said, "We 

 have to go. Do not think of giving up. Our mother is thinking too 

 much about you. That is why you are getting tired. But do not 

 think of mother. We will see her every day in this world and take 

 care of her. No matter how far we are from her we wiU watch over 

 her every day. You will find that out after you get over there." 

 That made the little boy feel happier, and he went on again. 



On the eleventh day they got as close as they could get. On the 

 twelfth day in the morning they got right inside where Sun was, and 

 there was a man standing at the door. They asked him if they 



