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she went about trying to find something for him to eat. While the 
girl was gone, a Whirlwind came and took her far away. It was not 
long before the girl returned; but often after that she would go away 
for days. When she returned she was always very happy. Now, the 
boy told his sister that he wanted a bow and arrows; that he was all 
the time going around through the timber seeing rabbits and smaller 
game. The girl disappeared, and when she came back she had a bow 
and four blunt arrows. For many days the girl would disappear and 
then would return. One day the boy said: “My sister, I wander through 
the woods, and I am getting older; I think I ought to have a larger 
bow and many arrows.” So the girl said, “All right.” She went away, 
and when she came back she brought the bow and quiver filled with 
arrows for the boy. The boy was thankful for this. The girl dis- 
appeared very often. Every time she came home the boy would hear 
the storm coming, then, all at once, the girl would appear. 
One day when the boy was out hunting, an Owl came to him, and 
said: “We have taken pity upon you. We have an animals’ lodge close 
by. We have taken pity upon you because your sister is now a won- 
derful being—a Whirlwind. She goes from one place to another, kill- 
ing people. She has planned to kill you, that she may be the Whirlwind 
always. She thinks that you are in her way, for she has to look after 
you. Now, the girl travels far over the land. She visits places where 
people have food, and there she finds bows and arrows, knives, axes, 
and hoes, and she brings them here to your place. Testes autem mori- 
bus excidit, domumque adfert; eos frictos, dum dormis, dentibus fran- 
git et mandit. To-night when she comes home, stay awake, for she 
intends to kill you soon. You will find out what she eats.” That 
night, when the boy lay down, he watched and waited for his sister. 
She came at last. She looked down and saw that her brother was 
sleeping, then she took some of her special meat and placed it upon hot 
coals, took it off and began to eat. When she got through eating, the 
boy arose and said, “Sister, I am glad you are back.” She said, “Well, 
I am going away, far away from here to-morrow, and I want you to 
stay here until I come back.” The next day the girl was gone. The 
Owl came to the boy, and said: “Make haste! Come!” So the boy 
followed the Owl, and as they traveled along the Owl said: “Do you 
see that cloud coming? That is the Whirlwind coming to destroy you. 
Make haste and come with me!’ They ran, and as the Whirlwind 
was near, the boy was taken into the den of the Owls. 
The Owls told the boy that when the Whirlwind should come it 
would make threats, but that they had taken pity upon him and would 
