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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy Stories. I'm your host, Lucy,

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<v Speaker 1>and my friends and I will be reading you a

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<v Speaker 1>sleepy bedtime story every week to relax you and to

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<v Speaker 1>help you to drift off into a RESTful sleep. From

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<v Speaker 1>time to time, we will also read you a relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful meditation that will take you somewhere beautiful and calming.

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<v Speaker 1>Once we have read the stories, we will then read

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<v Speaker 1>them a second time, but this time they will be

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<v Speaker 1>ready even slower. This will help you to relax even more.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we begin, I would like you to close your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes and breathe in and out nice and deeply. Take

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<v Speaker 1>a few seconds to inhale, and then hold your breath

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<v Speaker 1>for a few seconds more, and then release and breathe out.

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<v Speaker 1>Do this a few times if you need to, while

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to the music and you listen to my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>give yourself time to let your body relax and your

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<v Speaker 1>mind settle. It's important that we allow time for us

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<v Speaker 1>to feel safe, cozy, and completely at ease. And now

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for this week's story.

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<v Speaker 2>Great good luck once happened to a young woman who

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<v Speaker 2>was living all alone in the woods, with nobody near

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<v Speaker 2>her but her little dog, for to her surprise, she

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<v Speaker 2>found fresh meat every morning at her door. She was

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<v Speaker 2>very curious to know who it was that supplied her,

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<v Speaker 2>and watching one just as the sun had risen, she

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<v Speaker 2>saw a handsome young man gliding away into the forest.

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<v Speaker 2>Having seen her, he became her husband, and she had

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<v Speaker 2>a son by him. One day, not long after this,

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<v Speaker 2>he did not return at evening as usual from hunting.

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<v Speaker 2>She waited till late at night, but he came no more.

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<v Speaker 2>The next day, she swung her child to sleep in

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<v Speaker 2>its cradle, and then set to her dog, take care

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<v Speaker 2>of your brother while I am gone, and when he

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<v Speaker 2>cries halloo for me. The cradle was made of the

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<v Speaker 2>finest wampum, and all its and ornaments were of the

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<v Speaker 2>same precious stuff. After a short time, the woman heard

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<v Speaker 2>the cry of the dog, and running home as fast

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<v Speaker 2>as she could, she found her child gone and the

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<v Speaker 2>dog too. On looking around, she saw scattered upon the

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<v Speaker 2>ground pieces of the wampum of her child's cradle, and

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<v Speaker 2>she knew that the dog had been faithful and had

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<v Speaker 2>striven his best to save her child from being carried

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<v Speaker 2>off as he had been by an old woman from

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<v Speaker 2>a distant country called Mukakei Mendy Moeya, or the toad woman.

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<v Speaker 2>The mother hurried off at f speed in pursuit, and

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<v Speaker 2>as she flew along she came from time to time

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<v Speaker 2>to lodges inhabited by old women who told her at

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<v Speaker 2>what time the child thief had passed. They also gave

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<v Speaker 2>her shoes that she might follow on. There was a

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<v Speaker 2>number of these old women who seemed as if they

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<v Speaker 2>were prophetesses and knew what was to come along beforehand.

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<v Speaker 2>Each of them would say to her that when she

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<v Speaker 2>arrived at the next lodge, she must set the toes

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<v Speaker 2>of the moccasins they had given her pointing homeward, and

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<v Speaker 2>that they would return of themselves. The young woman was

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<v Speaker 2>very careful to send back in this manner all the

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<v Speaker 2>shoes she borrowed. She thus followed in the pursuit from

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<v Speaker 2>valley to valley, and streamed to stream for many months

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<v Speaker 2>and years. When she came at length to the lodge

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<v Speaker 2>of the last of the friendly old grandmothers, as they

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<v Speaker 2>were called, who gave her the last instructions how to proceed,

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<v Speaker 2>She told her that she was near the place where

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<v Speaker 2>her son was to be found, and she directed her

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<v Speaker 2>to build a lodge of cedar boughs hard by the

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<v Speaker 2>old toad woman's lodge, and to make a little bark dish,

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<v Speaker 2>and to fill it with the juice of the wild grape.

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<v Speaker 2>Then she said, your first child, meaning the dog, will

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<v Speaker 2>come and find you. Out these directions, the young woman

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<v Speaker 2>followed just as they had been given to her, and

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<v Speaker 2>in a short time she heard her son, now grown up,

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<v Speaker 2>going out to hunt with his dog, calling out to him,

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<v Speaker 2>piewaubeck Spirit Iron twea twe. The dog soon came into

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<v Speaker 2>the lodge, and she sat before him the dish of

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<v Speaker 2>grape juice. See, my child, she said, addressing him the

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<v Speaker 2>pretty drink your mother gives you. Spirit Iron took a

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<v Speaker 2>long troft and immediately left the lodge with his eyes

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<v Speaker 2>wide open, for it was the drink which teaches one

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<v Speaker 2>to see the truth of things as they are. He

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<v Speaker 2>rose up when he got into the open air, stood

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<v Speaker 2>upon his hind legs, and looked about. I see how

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<v Speaker 2>it is, he said, and marching off erect like a man,

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<v Speaker 2>he sought out his young master. Approaching him in great confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>he bent down and whispered in his ear, having first

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<v Speaker 2>looked cautiously around to see that no one was listening.

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<v Speaker 2>This old woman here in the lodge is no mother

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<v Speaker 2>of yours. I have found your real mother, and she

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<v Speaker 2>is worth looking at. When we come back from our

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<v Speaker 2>day's sport, i'll prove it to you. They went out

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<v Speaker 2>into the woods, and at the close of the afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>they brought back a great spoil of meat of all kinds.

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<v Speaker 2>The young man, as soon as he had laid aside

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<v Speaker 2>his weapons, said to the old toad woman, send some

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<v Speaker 2>of the best of this meat to the stranger who

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<v Speaker 2>arrived lately. The toad woman answered, no, why should I

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<v Speaker 2>send it to her, the poor widow. The young man

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<v Speaker 2>would not be refused, and at last the old toad

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<v Speaker 2>woman consented to take something and throw it down the door.

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<v Speaker 2>She called out, my son gives you this, but being

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<v Speaker 2>bewitched by Mukaki mende moya. It was so bitter and

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<v Speaker 2>distasteful that the young woman immediately cast it out of

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<v Speaker 2>the lodge after her. In the evening, the young man

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<v Speaker 2>paid the stranger a visit at her lodge of cedar boughs.

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<v Speaker 2>She then told him that she was his real mother,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he had been stolen away from her by

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<v Speaker 2>the old toad woman, who was a child thief and

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<v Speaker 2>a witch. As the young man appeared to doubt, she added,

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<v Speaker 2>feign yourself sick when you go home to her lodge.

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<v Speaker 2>And when the toad woman asks what ails you, say

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<v Speaker 2>that you wish to see your cradle, For your cradle

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<v Speaker 2>was of wampum, and your faithful brother, the dog, and

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<v Speaker 2>striving to save you, tore off these pieces, which I

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<v Speaker 2>show you. They were real wampum, white and blue, shining

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<v Speaker 2>and beautiful. And the young man, placing them in his bosom,

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<v Speaker 2>set off. But as he did not seem quite steady

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<v Speaker 2>in his belief of the strange woman's story, the dog

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit Iron, taking his arm, kept close by his side

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<v Speaker 2>and gave him many words of encouragement as they went along.

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<v Speaker 2>They entered the lodge together, and the old toad woman

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<v Speaker 2>saw from something in the dog's eye that trouble was coming. Mother,

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<v Speaker 2>said the young man, placing his hand to his hat

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<v Speaker 2>and leaning heavily upon Spirit Iron, as if a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>faintness had come upon him. Why am I so different

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<v Speaker 2>in looks from the rest of your children, Oh, she answered,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a very bright, clear blue sky when you

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<v Speaker 2>were born. That is the reason. He seemed to be

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<v Speaker 2>so very ill that the toad woman at length asked

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<v Speaker 2>what she could do for him. He said, nothing could

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<v Speaker 2>do him good but the sight of his cradle. She

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<v Speaker 2>ran immediately and brought a cedar cradle, but he said,

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<v Speaker 2>that is not my cradle. She went and got another

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<v Speaker 2>of her own children's cradles, of which there were four,

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<v Speaker 2>But he turned his head and said, that is not mine.

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<v Speaker 2>I am as sick as ever. When she had shown

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<v Speaker 2>the four and they had been all rejected, she at

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<v Speaker 2>last produced the real cradle. The young man saw that

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<v Speaker 2>it was made of the same stuff as the wampum

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<v Speaker 2>which he had in his bosom. He could even see

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<v Speaker 2>the marks of the teeth of Spirit Iron left upon

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<v Speaker 2>the edges where he had taken hold striving to hold

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<v Speaker 2>it back. He had no doubt now which was his mother.

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<v Speaker 2>To get free of the old toad woman, it was

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<v Speaker 2>necessary that the young man should kill a fat bear, and,

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<v Speaker 2>being directed by Spirit Iron, who was very wise in

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<v Speaker 2>such a matter, he secured the fattest in all that country.

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<v Speaker 2>In having stripped a tall pine of all its barks

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<v Speaker 2>and branches, he perched the carcass in the top with

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<v Speaker 2>its head to the yeast and its tail due west.

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<v Speaker 2>Returning to the lodge, he informed the old toad woman

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<v Speaker 2>that the fat bear was ready for her, but that

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<v Speaker 2>she would have to go very far, even to the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the earth, to get it. She answered, it

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<v Speaker 2>is not so far, but that I can get it.

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<v Speaker 2>For all things in the world a fat bear was

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<v Speaker 2>the delight of the old toad woman. She at once

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<v Speaker 2>set forth, and she was no sooner out of sight

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<v Speaker 2>than the young man and his dog, spirit Iron. Blowing

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<v Speaker 2>a strong breath in the face of the toad woman's

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<v Speaker 2>four children, who were all bad spirits or bare fiends,

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<v Speaker 2>they put out their life. They then set them up

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<v Speaker 2>by the side of the door, having first thrust a

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<v Speaker 2>piece of the white fat in each of their mouths.

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<v Speaker 2>The toad woman spent a long time in finding the

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<v Speaker 2>bear which she had been sent after, and she made

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<v Speaker 2>at least five and twenty attempts before she was able

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<v Speaker 2>to climb to the carcass. She slipped down three times,

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<v Speaker 2>where she went up once. When she returned with the

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<v Speaker 2>great bear on her back. As she drew near her lodge,

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<v Speaker 2>she was astonished to see the four children standing up

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<v Speaker 2>by the doorposts with the fat in their mouths. She

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<v Speaker 2>was angry with them and called out, why do you

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<v Speaker 2>thus insult the pomatum of your brother. She was still

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<v Speaker 2>more angry when they made no answer to her complaint.

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<v Speaker 2>But when she found that they were stark dead and

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<v Speaker 2>placed in this way to mock her, her fury was

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<v Speaker 2>very great. Indeed, she ran after the tracks of the

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<v Speaker 2>young man and his mother as fast as she could,

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<v Speaker 2>so fast indeed that she was on the very point

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<v Speaker 2>of overtaking them, when the dog spirit Iron, coming close

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<v Speaker 2>up to his master, whispered to him, snakeberry. Let the

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<v Speaker 2>snakeberry spring up to detain her, cried out the young man,

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<v Speaker 2>And immediately the berries spread like scarlet all over the

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<v Speaker 2>path for a long distance, and the old toad woman,

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<v Speaker 2>who was almost as fond of these berries as she

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<v Speaker 2>was of fat bears, could not avoid stooping down to

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<v Speaker 2>pick and eat. The old toad woman was very anxious

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<v Speaker 2>to get forward, but the snakeberry vines kept spreading out

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<v Speaker 2>on every side, and they still grow and grow and

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<v Speaker 2>spread and spread. And to this day the wicked old

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<v Speaker 2>toad woman is busy picking the berries, and she will

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<v Speaker 2>never be able to get beyond to the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>To disturb the happiness of the young hunter and his mother,

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<v Speaker 2>who still live with their faithful dog in the shadow

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<v Speaker 2>of the beautiful woodside where they were born. Great good

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<v Speaker 2>luck once happened to a young woman who was living

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<v Speaker 2>all alone in the woods, with nobody near her but

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<v Speaker 2>her little dog four. To her surprise, she found fresh

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<v Speaker 2>meat every morning at her door. She was very curious

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<v Speaker 2>to know who it was that supplied her, and watching.

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<v Speaker 2>One morning, just as the sun had risen, she saw

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<v Speaker 2>a handsome young man gliding away into the forest. Having

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<v Speaker 2>son by him. One day, not long after this, he

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<v Speaker 2>did not return at evening as usual from hunting. She

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<v Speaker 2>waited till late at night, but he came no more.

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<v Speaker 2>The next day, she swung her child to sleep in

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<v Speaker 2>its cradle, and then set to her dog. Take care

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<v Speaker 2>of your brother while I am gone, and when he

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<v Speaker 2>cries halloo for me. The cradle was made of the

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<v Speaker 2>finest wampum, and all its bandages and ornaments were of

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<v Speaker 2>the same precious stuff. After a short time, the woman

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<v Speaker 2>fast as she could, she found her child gone and

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<v Speaker 2>the dog too on. Looking around, she saw scattered upon

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<v Speaker 2>the ground pieces of the wampum of her child's cradle,

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<v Speaker 2>and she knew that the dog had been faithful and

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<v Speaker 2>had striven his best to save her child from being

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<v Speaker 2>carried off as he had been by an old woman

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<v Speaker 2>from a distant country called Mukhaki men Moya, or the

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<v Speaker 2>toad woman. The mother hurried off at full speed in pursuit,

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<v Speaker 2>and as she flew along she came from time to

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<v Speaker 2>at what time the child thief had passed. They also

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<v Speaker 2>gave her shoes that she might follow on. There was

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<v Speaker 2>they were prophetesses and knew what was to come along beforehand.

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<v Speaker 2>Each of them would say to her that when she

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<v Speaker 2>of the moccasins they had given her pointing homeward, and

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<v Speaker 2>that they would return of themselves. The young woman was

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<v Speaker 2>very careful to send back in this manner all the

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<v Speaker 2>shoes she borrowed. She thus followed in the pursuit from

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<v Speaker 2>valley to valley, and streamed to stream for many months

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<v Speaker 2>and years, when she came at length to the lodge

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<v Speaker 2>of the last of the friendly old grandmothers, as they

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<v Speaker 2>were called, who gave her the last instructions how to proceed.

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<v Speaker 2>She told her that she was near the place where

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<v Speaker 2>her son was to be found, and she directed her

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<v Speaker 2>to build a lodge of cedar boughs by the old

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<v Speaker 2>toad woman's lodge, and to make a little bark dish,

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<v Speaker 2>and to fill it with the juice of the wild grape.

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<v Speaker 2>Then she said, your first child, meaning the dog, will

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<v Speaker 2>come and find you. Out these directions, the young woman

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<v Speaker 2>followed just as they had been given to her, and

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<v Speaker 2>in a short time she heard her son, now grown up,

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<v Speaker 2>going out to hunt with his dog, calling out to him,

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<v Speaker 2>Pee Waubeck Spirit Iron twea twea. The dog soon came

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<v Speaker 2>into the lodge, and she sat before him. The dish

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<v Speaker 2>of grape juice, Child, she said, addressing him, the pretty

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<v Speaker 2>drink your mother gives you. Spirit Iron took a long

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<v Speaker 2>draft and immediately left the lodge with his eyes wide open,

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<v Speaker 2>for it was the drink which teaches one to see

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<v Speaker 2>the truth of things as they are. He rose up

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<v Speaker 2>when he got into the open air, stood upon his

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<v Speaker 2>hind legs and looked about. I see how it is,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, and marching off erect like a man, he

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<v Speaker 2>sought out his young master. Approaching him in great confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>he bent down and whispered in his ear, having first

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<v Speaker 2>looked cautiously around to see that no one was listening.

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<v Speaker 2>This old woman here in the lodge is no mother

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<v Speaker 2>of yours. I have found your real mother, and she

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<v Speaker 2>is worth looking at. When we come back from our

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<v Speaker 2>day's sport, i'll prove it to you. They went out

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<v Speaker 2>into the woods, and at the close of the afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>they brought back a great spoil of meat of all kinds.

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<v Speaker 2>The young man, as soon as he had laid aside

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<v Speaker 2>his weapons, said to the old toad woman, send some

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<v Speaker 2>of the best of this meat to the stranger who

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<v Speaker 2>arrived lately. The toad woman answered, no, why should I

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<v Speaker 2>send it to her, the poor widow. The young man

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<v Speaker 2>would not be refused, and at last the old toad

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<v Speaker 2>woman consented to take something and throw it down the door.

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<v Speaker 2>She called out, my son gives you this. But being

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<v Speaker 2>bewitched by Mukaki mendey Moya, it was so bitter and

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<v Speaker 2>distasteful that the young woman immediately cast it out of

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<v Speaker 2>the lodge after her. In the evening, the young man

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<v Speaker 2>paid the stranger a visit at her lodge of cedar boughs.

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<v Speaker 2>She then told him that she was his real mother,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he had been stolen away from her by

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<v Speaker 2>the old toad woman, who was a child thief and

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<v Speaker 2>a witch. As the young man appeared to doubt, she added,

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<v Speaker 2>feign yourself sick when you go home to her lodge,

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<v Speaker 2>and when the toad woman asks what ails you, say

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<v Speaker 2>that you wish to see your cradle, For your cradle

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<v Speaker 2>was of wampum, and your faithful brother, the dog, in

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<v Speaker 2>striving to save you, tore off these pieces, which I

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<v Speaker 2>show you. They were real wampum, white and blue, shining

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<v Speaker 2>and beautiful, and the young man, placing them in his bosom,

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<v Speaker 2>set off. But as he did not seem quite steady

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<v Speaker 2>in his belief of the strange woman's story, the dog

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<v Speaker 2>spirit Iron, taking his arm, kept close by his side

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<v Speaker 2>and gave him many words of encouragement as they went along.

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<v Speaker 2>They entered the lodge together, and the old toad woman

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<v Speaker 2>saw from something in the dog's eye that trouble was coming. Mother,

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<v Speaker 2>said the young man, placing his hand to his hat,

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<v Speaker 2>and leaning heavily upon spirit Iron, as if a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>faintness had come upon him. Why am I so different

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<v Speaker 2>in looks from the rest of your children? Oh, she answered,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a very bright, clear blue sky when you

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<v Speaker 2>were born. That is the reason. He seemed to be

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<v Speaker 2>so very ill that the toad woman at length asked

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<v Speaker 2>what she could do for him. He said nothing could

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<v Speaker 2>do him good but the sight of his cradle. She

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<v Speaker 2>ran immediately and brought a cedar cradle, but he said,

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<v Speaker 2>that is not my cradle. She went and got another

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<v Speaker 2>of her own children's cradles, of which there were four,

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<v Speaker 2>But he turned his head and said that is not mine.

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<v Speaker 2>I am as sick as ever. When she had shown

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<v Speaker 2>the four and they had been all rejected, she at

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<v Speaker 2>last produced the real cradle. The young man saw that

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<v Speaker 2>it was made of the same stuff as the wompum

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<v Speaker 2>which he had in his bosom. He could even see

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<v Speaker 2>the marks of the teeth of spirit Iron left upon

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<v Speaker 2>the edges where he had taken hold striving to hold

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<v Speaker 2>it back. He had no doubt now which was his mother.

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<v Speaker 2>To get free of the old toad woman, it was

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<v Speaker 2>necessary that the young man should kill a fat bear, and,

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<v Speaker 2>being directed by Spirit Iron, who was very wise in

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<v Speaker 2>such a matter, he secured the fattest in all that country, and,

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<v Speaker 2>having stripped a tall pine of all its barks and branches,

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<v Speaker 2>he perched the carcass in the top, with its head

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<v Speaker 2>to the east and its tail due west. Returning to

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<v Speaker 2>the lodge, he informed the old toad woman that the

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<v Speaker 2>fat bear was ready for her, but that she would

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<v Speaker 2>have to go very far, even to the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the earth, to get it. She answered, it is not

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<v Speaker 2>so far, but that I can get it. For all

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<v Speaker 2>things in the world, a fat bear was the delight

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<v Speaker 2>of the old toad woman. She at once set forth,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was no sooner out of sight than the

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<v Speaker 2>young man and his dog, Spirit Iron. Blowing a strong

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<v Speaker 2>breath in the face of the toad woman's four children,

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<v Speaker 2>who were all bad spirits or bare fiends, they put

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<v Speaker 2>out their life. They then set them up by the

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<v Speaker 2>side of the door, having first thrust a piece of

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<v Speaker 2>the white fat in each of their mouths. The toad

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<v Speaker 2>woman spent a long time in finding the bear which

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<v Speaker 2>she had been sent after, and she made at least

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<v Speaker 2>five and twenty attempts before she was able to climb

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<v Speaker 2>to the carcass, she slipped down three times, where she

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<v Speaker 2>went up once. When she returned with the great bear

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<v Speaker 2>on her back. As she drew near her lodge, she

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<v Speaker 2>was astonished to see the four children standing up by

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<v Speaker 2>the doorposts with the fat in their mouths. She was

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<v Speaker 2>angry with them and called out, why do you thus

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<v Speaker 2>insult the pomatum of your brother. She was still more

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<v Speaker 2>angry when they made no answer to her complaint. But

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<v Speaker 2>when she found that they were stark dead and placed

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<v Speaker 2>in this way to mock her, her fury was very great.

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<v Speaker 2>Indeed she ran after the tracks of the young man

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<v Speaker 2>and his mother as fast as she could, so so

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<v Speaker 2>fast indeed that she was on the very point of

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<v Speaker 2>overtaking them, when the dog spirit Iron, coming close up

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<v Speaker 2>to his master, whispered to him, snakeberry. Let the snakeberry

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<v Speaker 2>spring up to detain her, cried out the young man.

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<v Speaker 2>And immediately the berry spread like scarlet all over the

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<v Speaker 2>path for a long distance, and the old toad woman,

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<v Speaker 2>who was almost as fond of these berries as she

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<v Speaker 2>was of fat bears, could not avoid stooping down to

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<v Speaker 2>pick and eat. The old toad woman was very anxious

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<v Speaker 2>to get forward, but the snakeberry vine kept spreading out

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<v Speaker 2>on every side. And they still grow and grow and

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<v Speaker 2>spread and spread. And to this day the wicked old

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<v Speaker 2>toad woman is busy picking the berries, and she will

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<v Speaker 2>never be able to get beyond to the other side

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<v Speaker 2>to disturb the happiness of the young hunter and his mother,

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<v Speaker 2>who still live with their faithful dog in the shadow

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<v Speaker 2>of the beautiful wood side where they were born.