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" Yes," replied she. " Do you see the moon ? That is the 

 place where I am going to get the water, and if there is 

 none, I will go to the sun; perhaps they have some water 

 there." " That's right," said the grandmother. 



The boy set out and arrived at the house of the moon. 

 The moon asked, "Where do you come from ? " The boy 

 said, " I am traveling in search of water." The moon said, 

 " I have no water here but the sun has water. The sun is 

 angry now, but you go there and I will give you good smell- 

 ing grass to take along with you. The sun has a child, and 

 that child will smell the grass, and then the sun will give 

 you water." The boy said, " Hand me over the grass." And 

 the moon gave him the grass and then the boy started out 

 for the sun's house. There he saw the daughter of the sun. 

 " Oh," she said, " you smell so good ! " " Yea," said the boy, 

 "I smell good ! Hurry up and give me some water." And 

 grasping a wooden vessel, he went to get water, telling her 

 to come with him. They went to the nearest house and 

 there he beheld water. On the shore • of the lake was a 

 canoe with two paddles lying in it. Overwhelmed with joy, 

 the boy exclaimed, "Oh, what a nice canoe!" The sun's 

 daughter said, "Step into it and let us play on the water- 

 turn your face the other way." And the boy stepped into 

 the canoe and dipped the oars in the water. " Now let us 

 go; let us go all around, everywhere," he said to the water. 



Thereupon the waters were loosened all around, every- 

 where the waters started and sprung up. Thus the boy first 

 made the sea, then the larger rivers, then all the creeks, 

 streams and streamlets, and when he had done he exclaimed : 

 "Now, I have made and finished all the waters, and the 

 waters are good ! When the new people arrive they will 

 have water enough and will never be in want of it." 



This was the life and end of the fourth people on earth. 



