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to-morrow," he said. Wlien he went to his friend's he said, "My 

 friend (impoiwei), let's go hunting to-morrow." "All right; let's go. 

 We have to take notoko." Wlien they went out they came to a hill 

 and sat down. One said to the other, "Why is it we do not kill a 

 deer? These women are cross when we come to the house. Don't 

 you think there is sometliing wi'ong about my wife and your wife?" 

 "I have been tliinking about it. I feel so heavy. I am not able to 

 run and chase a deer. Undo my chungo and see if there is anything 

 wrong in it." His friend undid it and there his hair was cut. When 

 he found that out, he went right back home, crying. "What is the 

 matter, my husband?" "You did that! you did that! You took the 

 luck away and gave it to somebody else." After that the poor man 

 could do nothing but cry. "My wife, my wife, you did this to me. 

 And now we shall have nothing for 010- living imtil my hair grows 

 back as long as it was before." 



Variant 



There were two women living together. They were witches. The 

 husband of one was toyi'de, the other husband was a common man 

 who laiew notliing. One night they said, "Let's go after wood to- 

 morrow morning! " "All right, we will go." So their wives got their 

 lunch ready. They went the next mornmg to get their wood. While 

 they were getting wood, they saw a deer coming. The common man 

 said to the toyi'de, "There comes a deer. Let us go after it!" But 

 the toyi'de did not want to go. He said, "No, we better not go. You 

 have to see what kmd of a deer it is. You go and see if his eyes are 

 marked around with pari (red paint). If he has no red, we will go 

 after hun, but if he is marked with red, we have to let him go." When 

 the man went to see, he saw no red, so he kept on after it. Then the 

 toyi'de followed hmi. When he overtook hun, he said, "My friend, 

 I told you to leave that deer alone. Let us go home! It will be sun- 

 down before we get home." They went home. Toyi'de said, "My 

 friend, let us tell our wives we are going hunting the day after to- 

 morrow. They wiU be glad to have us go." So when they got 

 home, this toyi'de told his wife about it. The next day the two 

 women prepared lunch for the men to go hunting. The third day 

 they took theii" lunch and told the women they woidd not be back 

 for five days. After they started out, the first night where they slept 

 the toyi'de said, "Now, my friend, I am going to tell you something. 

 There are two women who are against us. They want to get rid of us, 

 and they are going to a councU tonight and we will go and see them, 

 if you are brave enough to go with me." His friend said, "\'VTierever 

 you take me, I will go." When it got late (after 10 o'clock), they 

 went. They got to a big cave. All the witch people were there, 

 excepting the two women. At last the two women came. As soon 



