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they had not seen (it). So he said, — " Well, open a little, and you will see." When they had opened (the bag) he ran off rapidly. So the Dog got away. When he had gone, the father (Hysena) returned, and came and saw the Dog was missing (without). So he fell upon his cubs and beat them until he had killed them. The Dog had gone away. The Cake had gone in his own different direction. The Dog was looking for him.

2 2. The Hycena and the Bitch. (M.) The Hyaena and the Bitch. They kept house together in the midst of the forest. One had (see) her hole. The other had hers separately. So it went on until they conceived and gave birth. This went on until the Hyaena said, — " Oh, Bitch, if we go to the forest and do not get anything (to eat), let us return and you seize one of your pups and kill (it) so that we may eat (it)." So the Bitch said, — " Very well." So, when they had gone and returned and had not caught anything, the Bitch came and seized a young Hyaena and killed it. Then she cooked it (made food), and they ate it. At daybreak (next morning) they went to the forest and returned. Even this time (now) they did not catch anything. Therefore the Bitch came, caught a young Hyaena, and killed it, and they ate it. (This went on) until six young Hyaenas had been taken. So the Bitch went and found a place for her puppies, and she put them on the top of a tree. She said, — " If you hear me say ' My puppies su(r)r/ let down the rope for me to climb up." Then the Bitch came to the Hyaena's house, and said, — " My puppies are finished. Shall we go and take yours and eat them?" Then the Hyaena said, — "Oh no." Then she went to her hole and looked, and did not see anything. So then the Hysena sprang at the Bitch, and the Bitch (ran away) straight to her house. When she came, she said, — " My puppies su(r)r." So they let down the rope for her to climb up. So the Hyaena was left on the ground. He was foaming at the mouth (spittle was flowing). So the Hyaena went to the house of a magician, and she said, — "O, Magician, will you not give me a charm (a thing of praying), that I may go and say ' My puppies su(r)r ' so that they may let down the rope for me to climb up ? " So the magician said, — " Very well, I will give you (one)," he said,