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niade him say " I am iihle to form a liuiiian being." he saw that what 

 he had formed were not human beings at all. The things ho formed 

 were possessed of human faces and the bodies of otkon [monsters], 

 subtlj' made otkon. Sapling spoke to him, saying: " That assuredly is 

 the reason tliat I forbade thee, for of course thou art not able to do as 

 I myself am doing continually." Tawi'skaro"' answered, saying: ''Thou 

 wilt nevertheless see that I can after all do as thyself art doing con- 

 tinually, because, indeed, 1 possess as much power as thou hast." 

 Now, verily, at this time thev two separated. And now. Sapling 

 again traveled from place to place on the surface of the earth. He 

 went to view things that he had completed. After a while, then. 

 Sapling promenaded along the shore of the sea. There he saw Tawi's- 



Oterontofini" 



It Sapling 



wakkwe'nio" 



I it am able to do 



dji' 

 where 



nen 



now 



Ne'ne' 



o'k' 



just 



wa'hatkat'ho' 



lie it looked at 



the 



ra'to"' 



he it says 



ne' oii'kwe' e"kofi'ni" 



the 



I it will n 



make 



on'kwe' 



man-being 



te'ke"' 



it is 



hoii'kwe' 



he man-being 

 (man) 



kako"'sonta''ko'" 



he is faced therewith 



ta'hno""" ot'ko"" kaia"tonta"'ko", 



and otkon it is bodied 



(malefie) therewith. 



wa'"hi" wa'haia'ti's'a'. Ta'hata'ti" 



verily he its body He spoke 



no , 



onrtat'ko"' 



l1, subtly otkon 



) 



Oterontonni"a' 



It Sapling 



'Ne' 



•The 



rti"hi' 



yerily 



kari'hoii'ni' 



it it pauses 



ko"n'he'se' ne' 



dji' 



where 



ka'rio", ne' 



animal, the 



(it is) 



wa'hen'ro"': 



he it said : 



se" wiVhi" 



indeed verily 



tesakwe'nio"" 



thou art able to 

 do it 



wa"hr 



verilv 



ne'ne" nae''siere.' ne' 



dji' niwakiere°'ha'tieV 



where so I it keep on doing." 



Nen' 



Xow 



toiita'hata'tr ne' 



the 



tkat'ho' ki"' 



it wilt see, I 



think. 



ni'saiere"'ha'tie" 



dji' ni'io't 



where so it is 



dji' 



where 



1 se 



thou, 



(Ic 



e"kkwe'nr 



I it shall be 

 able to do 



, a'se'ke"'' 



because 



Tawi'skaro"' wa'hen'ro" 



he it said : 



indeed thus 



ne"kie're" 



so it I shall 



■£°'sa- 



••Thou 



dji' 



where 



1 se . 



thou 



NeiT 



Now 



wa"hr 



verily 



■' .se" niwake'shatste"".sera' 



1.S indeed so my power is large 



e'tho'ne" tof5sa'hiatekha"sr, 



Neil' 



Now 



a re 



again 



i"hr 



Oterontonni'Ti" 



It Sapling 



tonsa'hatawenrie"sa" 



he went traveling about 



dji' io"'hwendjia'te". Sa'hatke"'senio""ha' ne' 



a'n'ho" 



1 re . 



he is 

 walking. 



it earth is present. 



. .Vka 



.\fter 

 time 



E'tho' ka'ti* 



There so then 



dji' 



where 



li'lit 



kfi'tr 



so then 



Oteroiitonni'Ti' 



It Sapling 



kaniatarakta'tie'' e" 



it lake along there 



wtl'ho'ke" 



he him saw 



Tawi'skaro"' e" 



Flint there 



10 



11 



ne 



the 12 



13 



14 



rata'tie'se*. 



he stoo<l alxiut 15 

 here and there. 



