MOOXEV) THE OWL GETS MAKKIKl) ?91 



roost for llic iiiylit he was t'iir iiliciul. But the ('raiic flew stcadilv all 

 iiig-ht long", passing- llic I luimniiigl)ii-(l soon at'tci- niidniglit and going- 

 on until Ik; came to a crcelv and stojjpcd to rest al)out dayligiit. 'I'iie 

 llunnningbird wol^c up in th(> nioi'iiing and ilcw on again, thinking 

 how easily he would wmi the ra<i'. until he reached the creek and 

 there found the Crane sjiearing tadpoles, with his long bill, for ])reak- 

 fast. He was \ery nuieli surprised and wondered liow this c'ould have 

 happened, hut lu' tlew swiftly by and st)on lt>ft tlie Crane out of sight 

 again. 



The Crane linisiied iiis breakfast and started on. and when evening 

 came lie ke])t on a-< before. This time it was hardly niidniglit when 

 he passed the llummingbii'd asleep on a limb, and in the moi'iiing he 

 had linished his lireakfast befor(> the other came up. The next day 

 he o-ained a little more, and on the foiii'th day lie was spearing tadpoles 

 for dinner when the Ilunimingliird passed iiini. On tlie tiftli and 

 sixth days it was late in the afternoon before tiie Hummingbird came 

 u}). and on tli(> morning of th(> seventh day the Crane was a whole 

 night's travel ahead. He took his time at breakfast and then fixcnl 

 himself up as nicely as he could at the crc^ek and came in at the start- 

 ing place where the woman lived, eaidy in the morning. When the 

 Hummingbird ani\(>d in the afternoon he found he had lost th(> race, 

 but tlie woman declared she would never have such an ugly fellow as 

 the Crane for a husband, so she stayed single. 



44. THE OWL GETS MARRIED 



A widow with one daughter was always warning the girl that she 

 must t>e sure to get a good hunter for a husband when she married. 

 The young woman listened and promised to do as her mother advised. 

 At la.st a suitor came to ask the mother for the girl, but the Avidow 

 told him that only a good huntiM' could have her daughter. "I'm just 

 that kind." said the lover, and again asked her to speak for him to tlie 

 young woman. So the mother went to the girl and told her a young 

 man had come a-courting. and as he said he was a good hunter sht^ 

 advised her daughter to take him. ''.Just as j'ou say," said the girl. 

 So when he came again the matter was all arranged, and he went to 

 live with the girl. 



The next morning lie got ready and said he woukl go out hunting, 

 but before starting he changed his mind and said he would go fishing. 

 He was gone all day and came home late at night, bringing only three 

 small tisii, saying that he had had no luck, but would have better suc- 

 cess to-morrow. The next morning he started ofl' again to lish and 

 was gone all day. but came home at night with only two worthless 

 sjiring lizards {(littregd) and the same e.xcuse. Next day \w said he 

 would go hunting this time. He was gone again until night, and 



