130 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
and when they stopped they saw the uncles of the girl going up to the 
grave. (The reason why the girl was trying to get away was because 
people were going to her grave and it was best that her spirit should not 
be troubled by human beings.) As soon as she saw her uncles place the 
meat on the grave she said: ‘‘Pick me up quick.”” The young man took 
hold of the girl and held her with all his strength, but the girl jumped up 
and down and the young man was thrown upon the ground and she got 
away. While the young man held the girl he called at the top of his 
voice, but as the uncles were crying they could not hear his voice. After 
the young man got up he went into the village and went into the lodge 
and there the girl was standing laughing. She said: ‘‘Why, young 
man, you have no strength at all. I am sorry to tell you that if I get 
away four times you shall never see me again, for, as I have said, I am not 
real. Let us now go out again and you must use all your strength to 
hold me.” 
The girl and the boy went out of the village again and as soon as they 
were out she told him to take hold of her. The young man then held 
her about the arms, put his legs around her body, and then began to 
call to the men to come and help him, but the men did not come. The 
girl tried to get away and she did get away the second time. The boy 
ran back into the village and when he entered the lodge she stood there 
laughing at him and said: ‘‘ You are not strong. Now we will go forthe 
third time. You must hold me just as tight as you can. If my uncles 
hear you calling they will come and if they touch me then I must stay 
with you.” They went outside of the village again and stood there. 
The girl said: ‘‘Now catch hold of me.”” The young man took her as 
before and he began to call to the men at the grave, but they would not 
come. The girl began to jump up and down and she got loose again. 
Then the young man felt sorry and returned to the lodge. There he 
found the girl standing laughing at him. She said: ‘‘ Young man, if 
you care for me and want me to stay with you, you must use more strength 
than you have shown. This isthe last time, and if I get away from you 
then I am gone and you shall never see me any more.”’ 
They went out, and before he could catch hold of her he began to 
shout. About this time the men at the grave had stopped crying. As 
soon as the girl gave command for him the young man caught her and 
jumped. He put his legs around her and he reached out his hands and 
caught her hair so that her hair was twisted in his hands. Then he 
shouted for the men to come. She began to jump up and down. Some- 
times she remained up in the air for several minutes. The boy hung on 
to her hair and down they would come upon the ground. The men 
