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could sleep, he laid oue of his iirrows beside her body. Thereupon 

 he departed. Then, at his return, he again took his arrow and 

 departed again, carrying tlie arrow away with him. lie never came 

 back afterward. 



After a while the elder woman liecame aware that the maiden was 

 growing in size, caused by the fat't that she was pregnant. 



So when the day of her d(>livery had come, she brought forth 

 twins, two male infants. But during the time that she was in travail, 

 the maiden heard the two talking within her body. One of them said: 

 ■"This is the place through which we two shall emerge from here. It 

 is a much shorter way, for, look thou, there are many transparent 

 places.'- But the other person said: "Not at all. Assured!}-, we 

 should kill her In" doing this thing. Howbeit, let us go out that other 

 way, the way that one, having become a human being, will use as an 

 exit. We will turn around and in a downward direction we two will 



E'tho'ne' neii' saiia'tefi'tf. Ne' ka'tf ne' 



he so then the 



nefi' tii'hno""' 



toiisa ra kwe 



ho it took up 

 II gain 



ha' "ha we" 



HWHV with 

 li'im 



A'kare" 



again lie de- 

 pa rte<l. 



raoiefi'kwire' 



his nrriiw 



ne' raoiefi'kwire". 



LV 



Not 



nonwen'to" 



ka'ti" 



Si. then 



nen' shonsa'rawe' 



sa'ha'ten'tf ionsa'- 



he again de- lie it took 

 parted 



' tlui'tethawe'non'. 



dill he ivtnin (retrace 

 liis steps I. 



wiVont'toke' nen' 



she it noticed now 



iakote'hiiVron'tie' 



she is increasing in size 



Ne' ka'ti" ne' i 



The sntlien the l 



te'nik"he"". No'k" 



they two are And 



»' akoksten"'a" neiT 



e she elder one now 



(is) 



eifi'tase' ne' kari'hon'ni" dji' iene'ro"'. 



she maid, the it it causes where she is preg- 



new-bodied is nant. 



ciia"akoteni'seri"he'se" wa"akoksa'taien'ta"ne' 



vliere her day arrived to her 



she became possessed of 

 offspring 



iakoren'hia'ke"' 



she 1 



iakothofi'te" 



she it heard 



the 



ra'to"" : 



9 he it said: 



" Ke"" 



■ Here (it is) 



a'se'ke"" 



because 



dji' HiVhe" W{X'"hi" nen 



where it lasts verily now slie was in pain 



(while) 



eiii'tase' tet'hotl'thare" eia"'tako"'. Shaia"'tiV 



she new- there they conversed her body in. He one 



bodied(is) together. person 



nofl'we' te"teniiake"''ta'kwe". Se""ha" ne' 



the place thou I will use it to go out. More the 



satkat'ho' o'k' thiia'teio'swathe'nio' 



do thou look just it is transparent in places." 



No'k' 



And 



nuo re a 



10 so it is little 



distant 



lie' shaia'ta" ra'to"": "la"te°'. E"iethi'rio", wa'^hi" na" ne". 



11 the he one he it said: "Not at all. Thou 1 will kill verily that the 



person her, one that. 



E" ki"' nonka'ti" te"'teniiake'"'ta'kwe' dji' non'ka'ti' e"ieiake'"'ta'kwe' 



12 There, I be- side of it thou 1 will use it to go where side of it one ivill use it to go 



lieve, out out 



ne' oii'kwe' e"iakoto"'o"''ha'tie". Te"tiatkar'hate'nr e'ta'ke' noiika'ti' 



13 the man-being one having become it Thou I will turn our- down, .side of it 



