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ciittino- it up, but he seized the town chief and curried liini, alonij;- w ith 

 tlie other men in that viUage, who Avere holding on to one another, far 

 out to sea, where he drowned them. 



54. The Bkaint Wife 



This is a version of story 24. It differs mainh^ in the conckiding 

 portion, according to which the hero was left on a rock far out at sea 

 and was carried ashore b}^ a sea bird. 



55. The Duck Helper 



All the people of a certain village died except a woman and her son. 

 One time the boy went far inland and got lost. He came to a lake and 

 found a black duck there, which lent him its coat in which to fly home. 



56. The Boy who Shot the Stak 



Two boys were great playmates, but one of them said something 

 that displeased the moon, and the moon carried him otf. Then the 

 other boy shot an arrow into a star in the sk}^ and kept shooting until 

 he had made a chain reaching down to the earth. This turned into a 

 ladder on which he mounted, living on berries borne on Ijranches stuck 

 into his hair. Arrived in the sky country, he met an old woman who 

 told him where to go for his friend and how to get him. Then he went 

 to the moon's house, pulled his friend out from a place near the smoke 

 hole where he had been kept, and placed a cone there to imitate his 

 cries. When the people discoYered that their captive was gone, they 

 pursued, but the boys threw behind them some things that the old 

 woman had provided, which turned into great obstacles, and escaped 

 to her house. Afterward, by her direction, they lay down where the 

 second boy had lain, went to sleep there, and, when they woke up, 

 found themselves on the earth below. 



57. The ]^oy and the Giant 



A little bo}^ went hunting and came upon a giant with whom he 

 lived for a long time. As the giant was carrying him along they came 

 upon a very small bird, which the boy shot and put into the bosom 

 of his shirt. This bird was so heavy for the giant that he had to 

 throw it awa3\ By and b}^ another giant attacked the first, and would 

 have killed him, but the boy threw his friend's club, made out of a 

 beaver skeleton, at the intruder, and it chewed ofi' his legs, so that he 

 was easily destroj^ed. 



58. The Boy with Arrows on his Head 



A boy was born with sharp arrow points on his head. He was of 

 so evil a disposition that he killed his own mother and afterward ran 



