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s:iyini>': "Oli, i;raiHlin(>tlirr. what is it, xfrily. ami wliy dost thou not 

 in great mcasuro eat wild potatoes;" "I cu.stoinarily, all alone, t)y 

 myself eat food,'" she said; '"1 eat it [food], as a matter of faet." 

 Now he mused, ''Now, verily, 1 will watch her in the night, now 

 just soon to be." So now he made an opening in his robe. Now, 

 verily, he laid himself down, pretending to be asleep. Thence, never- 

 theless, he was looking, out of the place where he had made a hole 

 in his robe. Now, moreover, he was looking out of the place w'here 

 he had made an opening in the robe, and he was watching the place 

 where iiis grandmother abode customarily. So now, she, the Ancient- 

 bodied, went out. Now, moreover, she looked in the direction of the 

 sunrising. Now the Star, the Day-bringer, was risen. Now she, the 

 Ancient-bodied, said: "Now of course, so it is, I will remove my 

 pot sitting [over the lire]." So now truly she removed the pot 



aksot'. 



O'ne" 



Now 



na'e' 



verily 



o'shago'ondoiT. 



he her questionefi. 



Waeii" ' : 



He it said: 



row a 



great 



'Aksot'. 



onenno"''di'i" 



it wild i>otatir." 



■r'-shon" 



"I onlv 



gen s, 

 custom- 



agon ■ho""ge'ii' 



I am wholly alone 



o'gadekhon'nf 



T niv food eat," 



'*ho"." O'ne"' wa'e" 



1 ges 



" I it eat as matter N 



habitually of fact." 



ne" ne" ha'djigwas' 



that the jvist soon now 



wa a ge 



she it said. 



"kheiatga'ion", 



I her will watoh. 



Da', o'ne' 



waogaiien'de"" ne"' 



he it hole in it made the 



I a'wi 



as'th 



O'ne'" 



Now 



na e* 



verily 



waadias'hen 



pretendiUK, 



hoda"'o"" 



he isasleei-. 



Ne"''ho% 



There, 



O'ne"' di'q na'e' 



dethaga'iie" 



thenee he is 

 looking 



haias'hen" 



lie lay supine 



he'oiiwe" ne'' thaogai'ient. 



ne"'ho' o'ne" 



he'oiiwe' thaogai'ient ne" 



los 



ne"''ho' 



there 



dethaga'ne" 



thence he was 

 looking 



deaga'iie' 



he'oiiwe" ie"'dio"' ne" ho'sot'. Da', o'ne' 



Iege""tci" 



She 

 Ancient One. 



O'ne"' 



Now 



O'ne"- 



Now 



seated 



O'ne' 



w;veia'ge°-t 



she went out 



di'q wa'ontgat'ho' ne"' tgaii'g\vitge""s'-g\va'. 



d iioa'gwitge""'o"" 



there it planet is risen 



ne'' Ies)fe"*'tci' 



'IVeiidenwit'ha 



wa a ge 



she it said: 



e"gna""djoda'go' 



I pot will remove 



ne" agna"''djot." 



the I have set up the 



pot (on the hre)." 



•O'l 



Da', 



CTadii'.so""drr 



It star (is). 



vai'i" nige"" 



o'ne'" 



now 



do'ge" 



truly. 



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