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going into the lodge the older boy untied a sack of medicine and gave 
some of it to his younger brother, telling him to eat it. Then he took 
some of it and ate it himself. 
They went into the lodge and sat down. Spider-Woman kept mum- 
bling to herself as she dished out some mush for the boys. As the bowl 
of mush was placed in front of the two boys, the girl they had seen before 
watched them and shook her head to let them know that they must not 
eat. But the boys ate of the food anyway. They ate everything which 
was in the bowl. The older boy knew that they were eating human brains. 
After they had eaten up the brains, the older boy said: ‘‘Grandmother, 
we must go out for a little while. We will be back again.’’ The old 
woman was afraid that the boys would run away and she begged them 
not to go. 
The boys went out, and after they were out of sight of the lodge they 
sat down and began to vomit what they had eaten. After they had vom- 
ited what they had eaten they returned to the lodge, and when Spider- 
Woman saw them she said: ‘‘Why, this is strange. I gave human 
brains to these boys with poison in it and here they come walking into 
my lodge again. I must feed them again and give them stronger medi- 
cine.’’ She began to dish out something again that seemed to be black 
corn, but which in reality was human eyes. The older boy took the 
little sack of medicine again and put some of the root into his mouth. 
Then he passed it to his brother, and he also took some of the root. 
The wooden bowl of human eyes was placed before them and the boys 
began to eat. After they had eaten all there was in the bowl the older 
boy said, ‘‘Grandmother, we must go out for a little while.”” The two 
boys got up and went out. After they were out of sight of the lodge they 
began to vomit everything they had eaten. 
When the boys returned to the lodge and Spider-Woman saw them 
she knew that she could not poison the boys with her medicine. She said, 
however, “‘I will kill them.’’ She told the boys that they could remain 
with her all night, as the next day she wanted to play the basket game 
with them. The older boy said, ‘‘Grandmother, I like that game and 
we will play.”” The boys lay down upon a bed on the ground, while the 
old woman placed her girls near the entrance, and she made her own 
bed near the entrance, so that she would know if the boys left the lodge. 
The next morning the old woman fed the boys with some squash, but 
the boys found out while they were eating it that it was not squash, 
but human ears. After they had eaten they went out and vomited 
everything. When the sun was up high the woman said, ‘‘The sun is 
high; let us now play the game.” The older boy said, ‘‘Very well.” 
