7° TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
On one of the journeys, as the boy was leading the pony along, the 
pony said to him: ‘‘My son, I have taken pity on you. I unjointed my 
ankle so that the owners wouldgive me up. There is nothing wrong with 
my ankle. This evening when we get to the village, tie me close to the 
village and walk toward the village. Go straight to the tipi of the chief 
and there you may sit down at the entrance. If the girl tells you to go 
for water, you must go. If she tells you to get wood, you get it. From 
this night on this girl is to think about you and she shall not rest until 
you have married her. ‘I know she hates you, but that hatred will now 
turn into love.’’ When they came to the village the boy left the pony 
outside and walked into the village. As soon as he saw the chief’s tipi 
he walked fast. He entered the tipi andsat down. The girl said: “‘You 
dirty, nasty thing. What brought you here? Go out of this tipi or I 
will hit you with this stick again.’’ Her father said, ‘‘No, do not drive 
the boy away from this lodge.’’ Then she said, “If he wants anything 
to eat let him go and get some water for me and I will then give him 
some meat.”’ 
The boy went down to the creek and brought up the water. 
When he entered the lodge he placed the bucket of water close to the 
fireplace. Then he came out and went away without receiving any- 
thing to eat from the girl. The girl began to look for the poor boy, for 
she had some meat for him, but she could not find him. She kept look- 
ing around for the boy until at last she went into the tipi and picked up 
her robe and went out. Then she went from one tipi to another hunt- 
ing for the boy. The boy was not to be found in the village. Then she 
went to where his pony was tied. There she found him lying down near 
to the pony. She went up to him and shook him. The boy told the 
girl to go away, that he wanted to sleep. But the girl put her arms 
around the boy and said: ‘‘Poor boy, do you know that I have been 
thinking about you? I have gone around through the village thinking 
of you and I could not sleep. I have been thinking of you all this time. 
Make haste. Let us get away from this place, for the people will make 
fun of me for marrying you, but from this day on you shall be my hus- 
band.” The boy said, ‘‘ You must go and get your awl, sinew, bow and 
arrows, and knife.”’ The girl said, ‘‘I can get them.’’ She went into 
her tipi and brought out the things which the boy wanted. They went 
down into a ravine where the timber was thick, close to the village, and 
there they remained. 
The next day the people hunted for the girl, but they could not find 
her. After four days the people gave her up and they noticed also 
that the poor boy was missing. Some people said, ‘‘That poor boy 
