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turn into a log as soon as he got there, and in carrying it into the lodge 
lie must not go in, but get out of ithe way quick and push it in instead 
of going in. This woman also warned him of the nature of the people 
he was now living with. “Nocte prima,” inquit, “cum lecto recubueris, 
.non tibi cum puellis concumbendum est, quamvis illae id tibi persuadere 
conentur. Dentium in illarum vaginis stridorem audies. Nec autem 
nocte tibi dormiendum est, quod anus saepe veniet ut si quid feceris 
videat. Si cum puellis non concubueris, ab eis quaeret cur id non 
feceris. Vigila igitur; nam si dormies, ad tuam perniciem erit. Anus, 
quae quidem dormire videtur, numquam dormit.” This was the in- 
formation given him by this other woman, for she did not want him 
to be killed, as had been already many other men, for thus were these 
people mean and took many men’s lives through the old woman bring- 
ing them to her girls. . 
After he had received these instructions from this woman he re- 
turned to his wives with the log on his shoulder. Arriving at the place 
he opened the door with one end of the log and pushed it in, and the 
old woman attempted to strike him with a war-club, but she fell outside 
without even touching him, for he had already been warned how to get 
out of the way. The old woman then told Child-of-a-Dog that he had 
pushed the log too hard, and knocked her down, but he knew what 
had happened, after seeing the weapon she had as she fell. Of course, 
there was no danger afterward from this when this was all over. He 
then went into the lodge and placed the log upon the fireplace. It 
was sundown. Deinde anus invenem inter has puellas duas lecto re- 
cumbere inssit. Hoc facto, puellae cum eo concumbere conabantur, sed 
iuvenis nolebat. Is anum stertere audire poterat quasi in somno 
alto esset; sentiebat autem eam tantum se decipere. Saepe per totam 
noctem anus e lecto surgebat, ut si puellae iunvenem iam occidissent 
videret. Sed quandoque veniret is se movebat. Tum iterum anus 
puellas cum eo concumbere inbebat. All this night Child-of-a-Dog 
stayed awake, for he knew that it was dangerous for him to go to sleep. 
Early the next morning he got out of bed and went out, and while he 
was outside he heard the old woman talking to the girls about this 
man and asking them why they did not kill him. 
He stayed all the following day, and about evening again he was 
requested to bring two logs. He went out again and went straight 
to where this other woman lived. On his arrival he was asked how he 
got along with his wives. He told how the girls had acted during the 
night, and that he was this time sent to get two logs. Again cotes duae 
quoque longae duraeque ei dabantur quibus uteretur ubi cum mulieribus 
