184 TALES OF READY-TO-GIVE. 
Prairie Dog town stood a young girl. The boy went there; she took him 
in and there they lived together in her lodge under the ground. 
The woman hunted for herson. She traveled east. . She saw his foot- 
prints just before he entered the stream of water. Then she began to sing: 
Yonder, truly, is my poor boy, 
His eyes like grains of black corn. 
Here and there are his tear-drops. 
Yonder, weeping, I go. 
She crossed the stream of water, and as she did so she looked upon 
the bank and there she saw his tear-drops upon the sand. She began to 
sing again: 
Truly, he went along here, my poor boy, 
His eyes like grains of black corn, 
Here are his footprints. 
Yonder, weeping, I go. 
She went on and she saw his footprints plainly. Then again she sang: 
Truly, he went along here, my poor boy, 
His eyes like grains of black corn. 
Here, across the stream, I see many marks of his tears. 
Yonder, weeping, I go. 
The woman went into the village of the Prairie Dogs, and there in 
the center was a big hole and the footprints ended there. The woman 
began to cry. She cried for several days. In the day time she saw two 
Prairie Dogs come out from the hole where the footprints ended. After 
she had been there for several days she lay down and had a dream. She 
thought she saw a woman who was very young and beautiful. She was 
not tall. She was small and was very handsome. In the dream this 
girl said: ‘‘Woman, you must not cry any more for your son, for he is 
married to me. The girls of your people refused to marry him. He 
came to our village; I took him in and married him. We are living 
together and are happy. There is but one way by which you can get 
your son. Your son has forgotten all about your people. Go to your 
home. In his quiver there is one black arrow which the boy made him- 
self and of which he thought a great deal. Bring that arrow, and lay it 
near the hole. You must then lie down.’”’ 
When the woman awoke she went to her home and found the arrow 
of which the girl had spoken. She took the arrow, went back to the 
Prairie Dog town, and placed the arrow near the hole. In the morning 
the woman lay down near the arrow. Two Prairie Dogs came out. As 
the boy Prairie Dog came to where the arrow was he saw it, and jumped 
at it,and as soon as he caught the arrow the Prairie Dog turned into a boy 
again. The woman got up, took him, and said: ‘‘My son, I have been* 
crying for many days, for I had lost you.”’ Then the boy said, ‘‘ Mother, 
we shall go home, but I must take my wife with me, for she is soon to bear 
