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to ask you to help me." So Spider woman said, "You should have 

 told me this while I was home. I will help you. I will go down and 

 see what I can do for you." So she went down home and she brought 

 up four spider webs. She said, "Eveiyone must stay home to-day 

 because to-day I am sure they are coming." They went into the 

 house and Spider woman went out and closed the door and she put 

 webs over the holes where they went in and out so that no one could 

 find the holes. She put on four webs and then she went down. 



Soon the bat girls came over the west side of Corn Mountain. As 

 they were looking around they met Hawk. Hawk said, "What are 

 you looking for. I saw you here two days ago. I think I know what 

 you are looking for." "Yes, we are looking for our husband." Then 

 Hawk girl asked, "Who is he? "He is a Kakima boy." Then Hawk 

 girl laughed and said, "I saw Butterfly girl carrying him. While I 

 was sitting here I saw her carrying him home." "Where does she 

 live?" "She lives at Butterflj^ house." Then the bat girls went 

 there. They went around and around. Finally they found a little 

 crack where the entrance was. Then they said, "This is where she 

 is staying. They tried to hide the door but we shall get in." So 

 the eldest sister tried to go in. At that time the bats had hands like 

 people but when she tried to get into the door the web caught oti her 

 fingers and her hands got webbed like a duck's feet. She could not 

 fly because she had the web all over her. Then the next sister tried 

 and the same thing happened to her. They all tried and they all got 

 the web all over them. They all fell down and could not fly because 

 they were all tangled in the web. They got through three webs this 

 way and came to the last one. The place was getting thin and there 

 were more bats coming. So the butterfly girl's mother told her to 

 take ashes and black com and put it over the web. Then the bat 

 girls got aU dirty and sticky when they tried to break through the 

 web. Then they were tired and lay down there. After a while they 

 felt a little better. Then the eldest sister said, "Sisters, do you feel 

 a Little stronger now?" They said, "Yes, we feel stronger now." 

 Then she said, "Well then, let us try and fly." They tried and saw 

 that they were strong enough to fly. Their wings and arms still hurt 

 from their struggles with the spider web. They flew around a little 

 and then they said, "Now this is what we are going to do because you 

 stole our husband. We are going to bring bedbugs to you." Then 

 they flew aroimd and shook their v\angs over the hole in the web and 

 the bedbugs fell out into the house. So they gave the bedbugs to 

 the butterfly girl because she had stolen their husband. They used 

 to be pretty girls, but now they were dirty and gray and their wings 

 had the spider web all over them, and they had funny faces and they 

 cried because thej had been hurt by the ashes and the soot and the 

 spider web. 



