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the boy said this, Stone-Man grunted and said: ‘‘Do not stir or move, 
my children. Lie still. Do not talk.” 
The next day Animal-Boy went out with the men and killed a buffalo 
and brought in the meat. Stone-Man was angry and scolded Animal- 
Boy. In the night he said: ‘‘My son, you are not yet married to my 
daughter. If you will go and get me some plums, you may have my 
daughter.” It was winter, and all the plums were gone. ‘‘The plums,” 
said Stone-Man, ‘‘must be all whitish, and they must have no specks.” 
The boy went to bed with the girl, and the girl tried to talk, but Stone- 
Man would say: ‘‘Daughter, do not move nor talk.” In the morning 
the boy said: ‘‘My wife, your father asked for plums. I shall go and 
get them for him, for I want you to be my wife.’’ The boy put his robe 
over his shoulders and started south. After he had gonea long distance 
he stopped and sang: 
My father, Grizzly Bear; 
My father, Cinnamon Bear; 
My father, White Bear; 
My father, Black Bear; 
Help me! Help me! 
I want some plums for my father-in-law. 
He thinks that I can not get them. 
Come, my fathers, help me! 
The Grizzly came, but could not find any plums; the Cinnamon Bear 
came, but could not find any plums; the White Bear came, but could not 
find any plums; but when the Black Bear came, he said: ‘‘My son, I am 
from the south where the plums stay upon the trees nearly all winter. 
Do not cry; I will get the plums for you. Come, let us go where there 
is a plum bush.’” They went, and when they came to the side of a hill, 
they found a plum bush. The Black Bear went under the bush and 
growled. Then he said: ‘‘My son, spread your robe over the plum 
bushes. Now shake the bushes.’’ The boy did as he was told. He 
heard something dropping upon the ground. He looked, and there under 
the bushes were many plums.» He selected only those that had not 
specks or spots on them. The plums were made by magic power and so 
they were nearly all good. The boy took the plums home, gave them to 
his wife, and said: ‘‘Take these plums to your father. I hope that he 
will like them.’’ The girl carried the plums to her father and gave them 
to him. Stone-Man was surprised, but as he picked them up one by 
one he said: ‘‘This one is no good; I can not eat it.” He kept throwing 
them away until he did not have any left. 
That night Stone-Man told Animal-Boy to get him some of the finest 
timber, with no crooks or knots in it, and to make him a fine bow and 
