218 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
went hunting. ‘“ Younger brother, let us go to the tree of which your father told,” said 
the elder brother. ‘““Why! elder brother, he commanded us not to go,” said the younger. 
“Then hand the hair back to me,” said the elder brother. ‘Let us see! Let us go,” said 
the younger brother. Behold, young Thunder-birds sat hatching in the nest in the tree. 
They were four. ‘O younger brother, [ have found these few pet animals. Werwill take 
the pet animals home to your father. Go and climb after them,” said the elder brother. 
“T am unwilling, elder brother. Do you go,” said the younger. ‘Come, I will go for 
them,” said the elder brother. He went climbing. He arrived there above. “Younger 
brother, these pet animals are very pretty. When I throw them down to you, kill them. 
You who are that, what is your name?” said he. ‘ ji-u¢ia"ba is my name,” said the 
young Thunder-bird. ‘‘Ho! younger brother, g,i-u¢ia"ba goes to you. Look after 
him,” said he. When he threw him down, the younger brother stunned him. “ You 
who are that, what is your name?” said the elder brother. ‘@ig¢ize-man¢i" is my 
name,” said he. “Ho! younger brother, Pig¢ize-ma¢i" goes to you. Look after him,” 
said he. When he threw him down, the younger brother stunned him. “And you who 
are that, what is your name?” said he. “@ia"ba tig¢e is my name,” said he. “Ho! 
younger brother, (ia"ba-tig¢e goes to you. Look after him,” said he. When he threw 
him down, the younger brother stunned him. ‘And you who are that, what is your 
name?” said he. “Zi-g¢ihe is my name,” said he. ‘Ho! younger brother, Zi-g¢ihe goes 
to you. Look after him,” said he. When. he threw him down, the younger brother 
knocked him senseless. When he hit at them, he missed killing them. And the tree 
shot up very high, very far away from the ground. ‘“O! younger brother, do make 
an effort to rescue me,” said the elder, calling from the distance in a loud voice. “O! 
elder brother,” said he, standing crying, with tears in his eyes. ‘O! younger brother, 
do make an effort,” said the elder. At length the younger brother came to himself. 
When he struck the tree with the stone-hammer, he sang, ‘‘This tree shortens of its 
own accord, shortens of its own accord.” It beeame shorter. ‘Do make an effort, 
younger brother,” said the elder. It was so again. When he said, ‘This tree shortens 
of its own accord, shortens of its own accord,” behold, the tree became so. When the 
fourth time came, the tree was as before; it stood as tall as it had been before the 
accident. ‘ Younger brother, that will do,” said he. Having taken the young Thunder- 
birds, they carried them homeward. They reached home with them. Having placed 
them inside the lodge, there were frequent flashes in there. Both boys sat laughing. 
“Elder brother, when my father comes home, he cannot love them only a little,” said 
the younger. The father reached home. When he pulled up the door-flap, there were 
frequent flashes. ‘‘You have done very wrong indeed. Carry them thither,” said he. 
When they arrived there with them, they placed them in the nest again. The boys 
reached home. ‘‘Do you and your younger brother beware lest you go to the big lake ~ 
whose shore is filled with canes,” said the father. The father went hunting. ‘“ Younger 
brother, let us go to the big lake to which your father commanded us not to go,” said the 
elder brother. ‘‘Fie! elder brother, my father commanded us not to go,” said he. “Then 
hand my hair back to me,” said_the elder brother. ‘Let us see! Let us go,” said the 
younger brother. They went thither. When they arrived there, behold, the sandy beach 
lay very level by the water. Four-footed reptiles were there, moving while standing very 
thick. ‘ Younger brother, we have found very pretty pet animals,” said the elder. Both 
brothers having tied their tails, and having made them into packs, they carried just that 
