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 Collectanea. 40-?

" but if you come upon (any) bones do not take and eat them." So the Hyaena was given a charm. When she had been given a charm, she went and she saw some bones on the road. She was hungry. She ate (them). Then she came to the house of the puppies. On her arrival, she said,—" My puppies shi." Then the puppies said,—" Oh, we know you. You are the Hygena." Then the Hyana returned to the magician. And she said,— "Ah, Magician, the charm which you gave me did not act." Then he said,—" Well, I told you, if you saw (any) bones, not to take them." Then she said,—" Very well." Then he gave her another charm. So she returned. On her arrival she said,—" My puppies su(r)r." Then the puppies let down the rope.' When she had almost climbed up, the puppies saw it was the Hysena. So they let her fall (to) the ground. Then the Hysena (then she) came and shrivelled up, and became a wooden mortar. That is all. Then the Bitch came and saw her. On her arrival she said,—" Oh, my puppies su(r)r." So they hauled her up to the top. Then the puppies told her the news.

23. The Cunning Goat and the Hycenas. (M.) This is about the He-goat. He started off on a journey in the early morning while it was still damp.s He said he was going to the Hyenas' market to buy.^ He was travelling along (when) he met the Hysna, and she said,— "Oh, He-goat, where are you going ? " Then he said,—" Leave off calling me ' He-goat,' I am God."^^ So she said,—" If you are God, make me some water to dnnk." So he shook his body, and water poured off. So then the Hyaena went off After she had gone, she returned again to the He-goat, and said,— "It is a lie. If you are God, give me some more water." So he again shook his body, and water poured off Then she said,-" All right, be off" Then he came upon some Hyaenas, and they made for him at a run. They drove him away. He ran until he met with a Lion. Then the Lion said,— " He-goat, where are you going.?" So the He-goat said,— "I have been buying at the Hysenas' market."
 * Lit. "So he took dew."

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'Or else "it was going to be held," though the pronoun ought, if so, to be feminine.