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019 - Chapter 6 Part II - Myths of the Sky and Air · Guide to Mythology

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  Speaker 1: Chapter six, Part two of A Guide to Mythology by
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  Speaker 1: Helen Clark. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter six, Part two, Myths of the Sky and Air.
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  Speaker 1: The warriors and pipe bearer and Paupuquis set to work
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  Speaker 1: and burned down the lodge of the wicked spirits. And
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  Speaker 1: then when they came to look about, they saw that
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  Speaker 1: the ground was strewn on all sides, with human bones
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  Speaker 1: bleaching in the sun. These were the unhappy victims of
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  Speaker 1: the Manitos. Paupucuis then took three arrows from his girdle,
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  Speaker 1: and after having performed a ceremony to the great Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: he shot one into the air, crying, you are lying down,
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  Speaker 1: Rise up, or you will be hit. The bones all
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  Speaker 1: moved to one place. He shut the second arrow, repeating
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  Speaker 1: the same words. When each bone drew toward its fellow bone.
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  Speaker 1: The third arrow brought forth to life the whole multitude
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  Speaker 1: of people who had been killed by the Manitos. Pau
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  Speaker 1: Pocuis conducted the crowd to the chief of the village,
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  Speaker 1: who had proved his friend, and gave them into his hands.
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  Speaker 1: The chief was there with his counselors, to whom he
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  Speaker 1: spoke apart. Who is more worthy, said the chief to
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  Speaker 1: Pau Pucuis to rule than you. You alone can defend them.
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  Speaker 1: Pau Pucuis thanked him and told him that he was
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  Speaker 1: in search of more adventures. I have done some things,
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  Speaker 1: said Paupucuis, rather boastfully, and I think I can do
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  Speaker 1: some more. The chief still urged, but he was eager
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  Speaker 1: to go, and, naming pipe bearer to tarry and take
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  Speaker 1: his place, he set out again on his travels, promising
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  Speaker 1: that he would some time or other come back and
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  Speaker 1: see them. Ho ho ho, they all cried, come back
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  Speaker 1: again and see us. He renewed his promise that he would,
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  Speaker 1: and then set out alone. After traveling some time, he
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  Speaker 1: came to a great lake, and on looking about, he
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  Speaker 1: discovered a very large otter on an island. He thought
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  Speaker 1: to himself, his skin will make me a fine pouch,
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  Speaker 1: and he immediately drew up at long shots and drove
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  Speaker 1: an arrow into his side. He waded into the lake,
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  Speaker 1: and with some difficulty, dragged him ashore and up a
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  Speaker 1: hill overlooking the lake. As soon as Paupuckuist got the
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  Speaker 1: otter into the sunshine, where it was warm, He skinned
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  Speaker 1: him and threw the carcass some distance off, thinking the
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  Speaker 1: war eagle would come and that he should have a
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  Speaker 1: chance to secure his feathers as ornaments for the head.
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  Speaker 1: For Paupucuus began to be proud and was disposed to
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  Speaker 1: display himself. He soon heard a rushing noise as of
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  Speaker 1: a loud wind, but could see nothing. Presently, a large
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  Speaker 1: eagle dropped, as if from the air, upon the otter's caucaus.
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  Speaker 1: Papucuus drew his bow, and the arrow passed through under
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  Speaker 1: both of his wings. The bird made a convulsive flight upward,
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  Speaker 1: with such force that the cumbrous body was borne up
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  Speaker 1: several feet from the ground, But with its claws deeply fixed,
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  Speaker 1: the heavy otter brought the eagle back to the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Pap Pucuus possessed himself of a handful of the prime feathers,
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  Speaker 1: crowned his head with the trophy, and set off in
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  Speaker 1: high spirits on the lookout for something new. After walking
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  Speaker 1: a while, he came to a body of water which
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  Speaker 1: flooded the trees on its banks. It was a lake
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  Speaker 1: made by beavers. Taking his station on the raised dam
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  Speaker 1: where the stream escaped he watched to see whether any
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  Speaker 1: of the beavers would show themselves. A head presently peeped
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  Speaker 1: out of the water to see who it was that
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  Speaker 1: disturbed them. My friend, said Paw Pucuus, in his most
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  Speaker 1: persuasive manner, Could you not oblige me by turning me
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  Speaker 1: into a beaver like yourself? Nothing would please me so
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  Speaker 1: much as to make your acquaintance. I can assure you,
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  Speaker 1: for pap Pucuus was curious to know how these watery
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  Speaker 1: creatures lived and what kind of notions they had. I
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  Speaker 1: do not know, replied the beaver, who was rather short
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  Speaker 1: nosed and surly. I will go and ask the others. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: stay where you are, if you please, to be sure,
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  Speaker 1: answered Paul Pucuis, stealing down the bank several paces. As
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  Speaker 1: soon as the beaver's back was turned presently, there was
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  Speaker 1: a great splashing of the water, and all the beavers
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  Speaker 1: showed their heads and looked warily to where he stood
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  Speaker 1: to see if he was armed, But he had knowingly
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  Speaker 1: left his bow and arrows in the hollow tree at
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  Speaker 1: a short distance. After a long conversation, which they conducted
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  Speaker 1: in a whisper, so that Paul Pucuis could not catch
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  Speaker 1: a word, strain his ears as he would. They all
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  Speaker 1: advanced in a body toward the spot where he stood,
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  Speaker 1: the chief approaching the nearest and lifting his head highest
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  Speaker 1: out of the water, Can you not, said Pa Pucuus,
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  Speaker 1: noticing that they waited for him to speak, first turned
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  Speaker 1: me into a beaver. I wished to live among you, yes,
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  Speaker 1: answered their chief. Lie down, and Pa Pucuus, in a moment,
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  Speaker 1: found himself a beaver and was gliding into the water
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  Speaker 1: when a thought seemed to strike him, and he paused
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  Speaker 1: at the edge of the lake. I am very small,
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  Speaker 1: he said to the beaver in a sorrowful tone. You
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  Speaker 1: must make me large, he said, for Pa Pucuus was
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  Speaker 1: terribly ambitious and wanted always to be the first person
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  Speaker 1: in every company larger than any of you. In my
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  Speaker 1: present size, it's hardly worth my while to go into
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  Speaker 1: the water. Yes, yes, they by, and by when we
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  Speaker 1: get into the lodge, it shall be done. They all
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  Speaker 1: dived into the lake, and in passing great heaps of
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  Speaker 1: limbs and logs at the bottom. He asked the use
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  Speaker 1: of them? They answered, it is for our winter's provisions.
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  Speaker 1: When they all got into the lodge. Their number was
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  Speaker 1: about one hundred. The lodge was large and warm. Now
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  Speaker 1: we will make you large, said they will that do yes,
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  Speaker 1: he answered, for he found that he was ten times
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  Speaker 1: the size of the largest. You need not go out,
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  Speaker 1: said the others. We will bring you food into the lodge,
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  Speaker 1: and you will be our chief. Very well, paw Pocuus answered,
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  Speaker 1: He thought, I will stay here and grow fat at
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  Speaker 1: their expense. But soon after one ran into the lodge
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  Speaker 1: out of breath, crying out. We are visited by the Indians,
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  Speaker 1: all huddled together in great fear. The water began to lower,
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  Speaker 1: for the hunters had broken down the dam, and they
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  Speaker 1: soon heard them on the roof of the lodge breaking
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  Speaker 1: it up. Out jumped all the beavers into the water,
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  Speaker 1: and so escaped. Paupucuus tried to follow them, but unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: to gratify his ambition, they had made him so large
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  Speaker 1: that he could not creep out at the hole. He
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  Speaker 1: tried to call them back, but either they did not
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  Speaker 1: hear or would not attend to him. He worried himself
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  Speaker 1: so much in searching for a door to let him out,
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  Speaker 1: that he looked like a great bladder swollen and blistering
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  Speaker 1: in the sun, and the sweat stood out upon his
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  Speaker 1: forehead in knobs and huge bubbles. Although he heard and understood
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  Speaker 1: every word that the hunter spoke, and some of their
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  Speaker 1: expressions suggested terrible ideas, he could not turn himself back
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  Speaker 1: into a man. He had chosen to be a beaver,
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  Speaker 1: and a beaver he must be one of the hunters.
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  Speaker 1: A prying little man with a single lock dangling over
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  Speaker 1: one eye. Put his head in at the top of
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  Speaker 1: the lodge. Taya, cried, he to Taya, me, shameek king
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  Speaker 1: of beavers is in. Whereupon the whole crowd of hunters
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  Speaker 1: began upon him with their clubs and knocked his skull
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  Speaker 1: about until it was no harder than a morass in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of summer. Paupocuus thought as well as ever
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  Speaker 1: he did, although he was a beaver, and he felt
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  Speaker 1: that he was in a rather foolish scrape inhabiting the
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  Speaker 1: carcass of a beaver. Presently, seven or eight of the
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  Speaker 1: hunters hoisted his body upon long poles and marched away
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  Speaker 1: home with him. As they went, he reflected, in this manner,
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  Speaker 1: what will become of me, my ghost or shadow? Will
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  Speaker 1: not die after they get me to their lodges. Invitations
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  Speaker 1: were immediately sent out for a grand feast, but as
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  Speaker 1: soon as his body got cold, his soul, being uncomfortable
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  Speaker 1: in a house without heat, flew off. Having reassumed his
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  Speaker 1: mortal shape, paw Puckiwis found himself standing near a prairie.
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  Speaker 1: After walking a distance, he saw a herd of elk feeding.
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  Speaker 1: He admired their apparent ease and enjoyment of life, and
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  Speaker 1: thought there could be nothing more pleasant than the liberty
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  Speaker 1: of running about and feeding on the prairies. He had
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  Speaker 1: been a water animal, and now he wished to become
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  Speaker 1: a land animal. To learn what passed in an elk's
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  Speaker 1: head as he roved about, he asked them if they
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  Speaker 1: could not turn him into one of themselves. Yes, they answered,
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  Speaker 1: after a pause, get down on your hands and feet.
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  Speaker 1: He obeyed their directions, and forthwith found himself to be
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  Speaker 1: an elk. I want big horns, big feet, said he.
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  Speaker 1: I wish to be very large. For all the conceit
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  Speaker 1: and vainglory had not been knocked out of pau Puckuus,
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  Speaker 1: even by the sturdy thwax of the hunter's clubs. Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: they answered, there, exerting their power. Are you big enough
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  Speaker 1: that will do? He replied, for looking into a lake
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  Speaker 1: hard by, paw Pucuus saw that he was very large.
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  Speaker 1: They spent their time in grazing and running to and fro.
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  Speaker 1: But what astonished paw Puckuus. Although he often lifted up
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  Speaker 1: his head and directed his eyes that way, he could
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  Speaker 1: never see the stars, which he had so admired as
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  Speaker 1: a human being. Being rather cold, One day, paw Puckuus
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  Speaker 1: went into a thick wood for shelter, whither he was
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  Speaker 1: followed by most of the herd. They had not been
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  Speaker 1: long there when some elks from behind passed the others
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  Speaker 1: like a strong wind, calling out, the hunters are after us.
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  Speaker 1: All took the alarm, and off they ran pauw Puckuus
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  Speaker 1: with the rest. Keep out on the plains, they said,
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  Speaker 1: But it was too late to profit by this advice,
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  Speaker 1: for they had already got entangled in the thick woods.
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  Speaker 1: Paupoccuus soon scented the hunters who were closely following his trail,
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  Speaker 1: for they had left all the others and were making
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  Speaker 1: after him in full cry. He jumped furiously dashed through
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  Speaker 1: the underwood, and broke down whole groves of saplings in
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  Speaker 1: his flight, but this only made it the harder for
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  Speaker 1: him to get on such a huge and lusty elk
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  Speaker 1: was he by his own request. Presently, as he dashed
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  Speaker 1: past an open space, he felt an arrow in his side.
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  Speaker 1: They could not well miss it. He presented so wide
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  Speaker 1: a mark to the shot. He bounded over trees under
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  Speaker 1: the smart but the shafts clattered thicker and thicker at
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  Speaker 1: his ribs, and at last one entered his heart. He
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  Speaker 1: fell to the ground and heard the whoop of true
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  Speaker 1: triumph sounded by the hunters. On coming up. They looked
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  Speaker 1: on the carcass with astonishment, and with their hands up
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  Speaker 1: to their mouths, exclaimed Tayaw tay Yaw. There were about
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  Speaker 1: sixty in the party who had come out on a
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  Speaker 1: special hunt, as one of their numbers had the day
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  Speaker 1: before observed his large tracks on the plains. When they
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  Speaker 1: had skinned him, his flesh grew cold, and his spirit
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  Speaker 1: took its flight from the dead body, and Paw puckewas
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  Speaker 1: found himself in human shape with a bow and arrows.
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  Speaker 1: But his passion for adventure was not yet cooled, for
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  Speaker 1: on coming to a large lake with a sandy beach.
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  Speaker 1: He saw a large flock of brant, and, speaking to
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  Speaker 1: them in the Brant language, he requested them to make
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  Speaker 1: a brand of him. Yes, they replied at once, for
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  Speaker 1: the brant is a bird of a very obliging disposition.
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  Speaker 1: But I want to be very large, he said. There
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  Speaker 1: was no end to the ambition of Paupucuus. Very well,
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  Speaker 1: they answered, and he soon found himself a large brandt
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  Speaker 1: all the others standing gazing in astonishment at his great size.
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  Speaker 1: You must fly, his leader, they said, No, answered Paupocuus,
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  Speaker 1: I will fly behind very well, rejoined the brand. One
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  Speaker 1: thing more, we have to say to you, brother Paupucuus,
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  Speaker 1: for he had told them his name. You must be
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  Speaker 1: careful in flying, not to look down, for something may
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  Speaker 1: happen to you. Well, it is so, said he, and
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  Speaker 1: soon the flock rose up into the air, for they
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  Speaker 1: were bound north. They flew very fast, he behind one day,
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  Speaker 1: while going with a strong wind, and as swift as
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  Speaker 1: their wings could flap. As they passed over a large village,
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  Speaker 1: the Indians raised a great shout on seeing them, particularly
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  Speaker 1: on Parupucuius's account for his wings were broader than two
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  Speaker 1: large mats. The village people made such a frightful noise
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  Speaker 1: that he forgot what had been told him about looking down.
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  Speaker 1: They were now scudding along as swift as arrows, And
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  Speaker 1: as soon as he brought his neck in and stretched
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  Speaker 1: it down to look at the shouters, his huge tail
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  Speaker 1: was caught by the wind, and over and over he
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  Speaker 1: was blown. He tried to right himself, but without success,
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  Speaker 1: for he had no sooner got out of one heavy
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  Speaker 1: air current than he fell into another, which treated him
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  Speaker 1: even more rudely than he had escaped from down. Down
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  Speaker 1: he went, making more turns than he wished for from
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  Speaker 1: a height of several miles. The first moment he had
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  Speaker 1: to look about him, Paw Puckuus, in the shape of
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  Speaker 1: a big brant, was aware that he was jammed into
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  Speaker 1: a large hollow tree. To get backward or forward was
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  Speaker 1: out of the question, And there, in spite of himself,
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  Speaker 1: was paw Pucuus, forced to tarry till his brand life
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  Speaker 1: was ended by starvation. When his spirit being at liberty,
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  Speaker 1: he was once more a human being. As he journeyed
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  Speaker 1: on in search of further adventures, Paw Pucuus came to
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  Speaker 1: a lodge in which were two old men with heads
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  Speaker 1: white from extreme age. They were very fine old men
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  Speaker 1: to look at. There was such sweetness and innocence in
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  Speaker 1: their features, that Paupucius would have enjoyed himself very much
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  Speaker 1: at their lodge if he had had no other entertainment
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  Speaker 1: than such as gazing upon the serene and happy faces
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  Speaker 1: of the two innocent old men with heads white from
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  Speaker 1: extreme age. Afforded. They treated him well, and he made
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  Speaker 1: known to them that he was going back to his village,
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  Speaker 1: his friends and people. Whereupon the two white headed old
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  Speaker 1: men very heartily wished him a good journey and abundance
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  Speaker 1: of comfort in seeing his friends once more. They even arose,
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  Speaker 1: old and infirm as they were, and tottering with exceeding
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  Speaker 1: difficulty to the door, were at great pains to point
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  Speaker 1: out to him the exact course he should take, And
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  Speaker 1: they called his attention to the circumstance that it was
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  Speaker 1: much shorter and more direct than he would have taken himself. Ah,
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  Speaker 1: what merry deceivers were these two old men with very
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  Speaker 1: white heads. Paw Pucuus, with blessings showered on him until
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  Speaker 1: he was fairly out of sight set forth with a
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  Speaker 1: good heart. He thought he heard loud laughter resounding after
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  Speaker 1: him in the direction of the lodge of the two
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  Speaker 1: old men, but it could not have been the two
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  Speaker 1: old men, for they were certainly too old to laugh.
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  Speaker 1: He walked briskly all day, and at night he had
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  Speaker 1: the satisfaction of reaching a lodge in all respects like
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  Speaker 1: that which he had left in the morning. There were
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  Speaker 1: two fine old men, and his treatment was in every
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  Speaker 1: particular the same, even down to the parting blessing and
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  Speaker 1: the laughter that followed him as he went his way.
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  Speaker 1: After walking the third day and coming to a lodge
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  Speaker 1: the same as before, he was satisfied from the bearings
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  Speaker 1: of the course he had taken that he had been
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  Speaker 1: journeying in a circle, and by a notch which he
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  Speaker 1: had cut in the door post, that these were the
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  Speaker 1: same two old men all along, and that despite their
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  Speaker 1: innocent faces and their very white heads, they had been
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  Speaker 1: playing him a sorry trick. Who are you, said, paupucuus,
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  Speaker 1: to treat me so come forth? I say? They were
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  Speaker 1: compelled to obey his summons, lest in his anger he
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  Speaker 1: should take their lives. And they appeared on the outside
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  Speaker 1: of the lodge. We must have a little trial of speed, now,
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  Speaker 1: said Paupucuus. A race, they asked, We are very old,
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  Speaker 1: we cannot run. We will see, said pa Puuus. Whereupon
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  Speaker 1: he set them out upon the road, and then he
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  Speaker 1: gave them a gentle push, which put them in motion.
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  Speaker 1: Then he pushed them again, harder harder, until they got
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  Speaker 1: under fine headway, when he gave each of them an
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  Speaker 1: astounding shock with his foot, and off they flew at
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  Speaker 1: a great rate, round and round the course. And such
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  Speaker 1: was the magic virtue of the foot of paw Pucuus,
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  Speaker 1: that no object one set going by it could, by
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  Speaker 1: any possibility stop, So that for aught we know. To
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  Speaker 1: the contrary, the two innocent, white headed, merry old men
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  Speaker 1: are trotting with all their might and main around the
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  Speaker 1: circle in which they beguiled paw Pucuus to this day,
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  Speaker 1: continuing his journey, paw Pucuus, although his head was warm
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  Speaker 1: and buzzing with all sorts of schemes, did not know
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  Speaker 1: exactly what to do until he came to a big lake.
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  Speaker 1: He mounted a high hill to try to see to
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  Speaker 1: the other side, but he could not. He then made
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  Speaker 1: a canoe and sailed forth. The water was very clear,
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  Speaker 1: a transparent blue, and he saw that it abounded with
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  Speaker 1: fish of a rare and delicate complexion. This circumstance inspired
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  Speaker 1: him with a wish to return to his village and
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  Speaker 1: to bring his people to live near this beautiful lake.
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  Speaker 1: Toward evening, coming to a woody island, he encamped and
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  Speaker 1: ate the fish he had speared, and they proved to
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  Speaker 1: be as comforting to the stomach as they were pleasing
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  Speaker 1: to the eye. The next day, Paupucuus returned to the mainland,
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  Speaker 1: and as he wandered along the shop, he espied at
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  Speaker 1: a distance the celebrated giant Men of Bosho, who is
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  Speaker 1: a bitter enemy of Paupuckuus and loses no opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: stop him on his journeyings and to thwart his plans.
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  Speaker 1: At first, it occurred to Paupuckuus to have a trial
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  Speaker 1: of wits with the giant, but on second thoughts, he
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  Speaker 1: said to himself, I am in a hurry. Now I
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  Speaker 1: will see him another time with no further mischief than
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  Speaker 1: raising a great whirlwind of dust, which caused Men of
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  Speaker 1: Bosho to rub his eyes severely. Paw Pucuus quietly slipped
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  Speaker 1: out of the way, and he made good speed withal,
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  Speaker 1: for in much less time than you could count half
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  Speaker 1: the stars in the sky of a winter night, he
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  Speaker 1: had reached home. His return was welcomed with a great
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  Speaker 1: hubub of feasting and songs, and he had scarce set
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  Speaker 1: foot in the village before he had invitations to take
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  Speaker 1: pot luck at different lodges, which would have lasted him
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  Speaker 1: the rest of his natural life. Pipe Bearer, who had
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  Speaker 1: some time before given up the cares of a ruler
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  Speaker 1: and fallen back upon his native place, fairly danced with
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  Speaker 1: joy at the sight of Paupucuus, who, not to be outdone,
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  Speaker 1: dandled him affectionately in his arms by casting him up
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  Speaker 1: and down in the air half a mile or so,
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  Speaker 1: till little pipe Bearer had no breath left in his
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  Speaker 1: body to say that he was happy to see Paw
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  Speaker 1: Pucuus home again. Pau Pucuus gave the village folks a
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  Speaker 1: lively account of his adventures, and when he came to
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  Speaker 1: the blue lake and the abundant fish, he dwelt upon
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  Speaker 1: their charms with such effect that they agreed with one
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  Speaker 1: voice that it must be a glorious place to live him,
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  Speaker 1: and if he would show them the way, they would
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  Speaker 1: shift camp and settle there at once. He not only
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  Speaker 1: showed them the way, but bringing his wonderful strength and
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  Speaker 1: speed of foot to bear, in less than half a day,
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  Speaker 1: he had transported the whole village, with its children, women, tents,
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  Speaker 1: and implements of war, to the new water side. Here.
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  Speaker 1: For a time, pau Pucuis appeared to be content, until
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  Speaker 1: one day a message came for him in the shape
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  Speaker 1: of a bear, who said that their king wished to
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  Speaker 1: see him immediately at his village. Pauw Pucuus was ready
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  Speaker 1: in an instant, and mounting upon the messenger's back, off
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  Speaker 1: he ran. Toward evening, they climbed a high mountain and
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  Speaker 1: came to a cave where the bear king lived. He
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  Speaker 1: was a very large person, and puffing with fat and
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  Speaker 1: a sense of his own importance. He made pau Pucuus
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  Speaker 1: welcome by inviting him into his lodge. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: it was proper, he spoke and said that he had
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  Speaker 1: sent for him on hearing that he was the chief
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  Speaker 1: who was moving a large party toward his hunting grounds.
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  Speaker 1: You must know, said the bear king, with a terrible growl,
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  Speaker 1: that you have no right there, and I wish you
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  Speaker 1: would leave the country with your party, or else the
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  Speaker 1: strongest force will take possession. Take notice very well, replied
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  Speaker 1: pap Pucuus, going toward the door, for he suspected that
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  Speaker 1: the king of the bears was preparing to give him
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  Speaker 1: a hug, so be it. He wished to gain time
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  Speaker 1: and to consult his people, for he had seen as
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  Speaker 1: he came along that the bears were gathering in great
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  Speaker 1: force on the side of the mountain. He also made
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  Speaker 1: known to the bear king that he would go back
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  Speaker 1: that night that his people might be put in immediate
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  Speaker 1: possession of his royal behest. The bear king replied that
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  Speaker 1: pau Puncuus might do as he pleased, but that one
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  Speaker 1: of his young men was at his command, and, jumping
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  Speaker 1: nimbly on his back, pau Pucuus rode home. He assembled
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  Speaker 1: the people and ordered the bear's head off to be
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  Speaker 1: hung outside of the village that the bear spies, who
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  Speaker 1: were lurking in the neighborhood might see it and carry
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  Speaker 1: the news to their chief. The next morning. By break
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  Speaker 1: of day, pau Puncuus had all of his young warriors
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  Speaker 1: under arms and ready for a fight. About the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the afternoon, the bear war party came in sight,
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  Speaker 1: led on by the purse see King, and making a
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  Speaker 1: tremendous noise, They advanced on their hind legs and made
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  Speaker 1: a very imposing display of their teeth and eyeballs. The
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  Speaker 1: bear chief himself came forward and with a majestic wave
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  Speaker 1: of his right hand, said that he did not wish
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  Speaker 1: to shed the blood of the young warriors, but that
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  Speaker 1: of Pawpucius, who appeared to be the head of the
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  Speaker 1: war party, consented, they too would have a race, and
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  Speaker 1: the winner should kill the losing chief, and all his
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  Speaker 1: young men should be servants to the other. Paupucuus agreed,
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  Speaker 1: of course. How little pipe bearer who stood by, grinned
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  Speaker 1: as they came to terms, and they started to run
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  Speaker 1: before the whole company of warriors, who stood in a
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  Speaker 1: circle looking on. At first there was a prospect that
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  Speaker 1: Paupuckuus would be badly beaten, for although he kept crowding
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  Speaker 1: the great fat bear king till the sweat trickled from
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  Speaker 1: his shaggy ears, he never seemed to be able to
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  Speaker 1: push past him. By and by paw Pucuus, going through
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  Speaker 1: a number of the most extraordinary maneuvers in the world,
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  Speaker 1: raised about the great fat bear King, such eddies and
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  Speaker 1: whirlwinds with the sand, and so danced about before and
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  Speaker 1: after him, that he at last got fairly bewildered and
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  Speaker 1: cried out for them to come and take him off
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  Speaker 1: out of sight. Before him and reaching the goal, pauw
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  Speaker 1: Pucuus only waited for the bear King to come up
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  Speaker 1: when he drove an arrow straight through him, and ordered
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  Speaker 1: them to take the body away and make it ready
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  Speaker 1: for supper, as he was getting very hungry. He then
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  Speaker 1: directed all of the other bears to fall to and
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  Speaker 1: help prepare the feast, for in fulfillment of the agreement
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  Speaker 1: they had become servants. With many wry faces, the bears,
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  Speaker 1: although bound to act becomingly in their new character according
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  Speaker 1: to the forfeit, served up the body of their late
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  Speaker 1: royal master, and in doing this they fell, either by
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  Speaker 1: accident or design, into many curious mistakes. And of Chapter six,
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  Speaker 1: Part two