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in cutting it up to broil, but not finding the liver she said to her hus- 

 band, "What have you done with the liver; you know I am very fond 

 of it?" 



He replied, saying, "I did not bring the liver with me;" whereat she 

 seemed satisfied. He did not want to tell her he had given it to the 

 Wolf, because he did not want her to know that he had killed the deer 

 only through his assistance, and thought the Wolf was entitled to at 

 least so small a portion. 



The next day the hunter again went into the woods, where he met the 

 Wolf awaiting him as before. Upon their meeting the Wolf said to 

 the hunter, "Now I will drive another deer past this place where you 

 stand, and you must shoot it; all I want in return is the liver and the 

 fat." 



The hunter prepared himself, while the Wolf started away to find 

 another deer. In this he soon succeeded, and, driving it by the place 

 where the hunter stood, the latter shot an arrow into its body which 

 disabled it, when the Wolf soon overtook it and killed it by tearing 

 open its throat as before. The hunter dressed the body of the deer, 

 as usual, giving the liver and the fat to the Wolf, after which he started 

 to return to his wigwam. As he was going away, the Wolf said to the 

 hunter, "Tomorrow morning you will return again, when we shall get 

 still another deer." 



"All right," replied the hunter, "I will return, as you ask me." 



After the hunter had reached his wigwam his wife again prepared 

 to broil the me.it, but not finding the liver she asked her husband, in an 

 angry tone, "What have you done with the liver; you know I am fond 

 of it and wanted you to bring it to me?" The hunter made an evasive 

 response, not wishing to tell her what he had done with the liver, after 

 which they both ate their meal in silence. 



On the following morning he again went away to hunt, finding the 

 Wolf where they had parted on the preceding evening. The Wolf 

 seemed glad to see the hunter and said, " Now, my brother, you get 

 ready your bow and arrows while I go out to find a deer, and when I 

 drive it past this place you must shoot it." The hunter made the nec- 

 essary preparations while the Wolf started off in search of a deer, which 

 he soon found and drove by the place where the hunter stood. He 

 shot an arrow into its body which disabled it, when the Wolf soon 

 overtook the deer and killed it in the same manner in which he had 

 dispatched the others. 



The hunter dressed the deer, throwing the liver and fat to the Wolf, 

 when the latter said, "Now, my brother, go home with your deer, but 

 come back again tomorrow." The hunter agreed to do so and started 

 home. His wife met him at the wigwam as usual. When she cut up 

 the carcass she looked for the liver, but not finding it she turned 

 angrily toward her husband and said, "Where is the liver; you know 

 I am very fond of it and that I asked you for it before ? " He replied, 



