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62 Crab. This went on, and even when the boy grew up he refused to walk (get down from his mother). So she said,—"What shall I do with the boy to make him walk?" Now she went to a learned man, and when she had gone, she said,—"O Learned Man, will you not give me a charm (to make) the boy walk about on the ground?" Then he said,—"Very well. You must go and buy a goat." So she went and bought a goat. He said,—"Go into the depths of the forest." He said,—"When you have gone, kill (the goat). When you have killed (the goat), say,—"Boy, get down that I may go and get some wood for (you) to cook the meat for (you)." Then the boy will get down." So she went into the midst of the forest, and killed the goat, and said,—"Boy, get down that I may go and get wood for (you) and cook the meat for (you)." Then he got down, and when he had got down the woman ran away. Now it happened that, when she had run away, the Hyæna (came). Then the Hyæna said,—"O Boy, have you got some meat?" So he said,—"Yes." Then he (boy) said,—"But my meat is for carrying (me) on the back." So then he (boy) said,—"If I give you this meat, and you eat it, will you carry me on your back?" Then the Hyæna said,—"Very well. Get up." So the Hyæna ate up the flesh. Now, when the Hyæna had eaten the flesh, she said,—"O Boy, get down, that I may go and ease myself" (make behind house). But the boy said,—"I refuse, unless you give me back my flesh that you have eaten." Then she made as if she would bite him, but the boy shifted to another spot, and she could not. So thus it was that the Hyæna was going about with the boy, and for about ten days the boy was on the Hyæna's back. Then the Hyæna went to the learned man and said,—"O Learned Man, will you not give me a charm (to make) the boy get down?" Then he said,—"Very well. You must go and buy a goat, and go to the forest and kill (it), and say, "O Boy, get down that I may go and get (you) some wood." "So the Hyæna said,—"Very well." So she went to the forest and killed the goat, and then she said,—"O Boy, get down that I may go and get (you) some wood." Then he got down. When the boy had got down, the Hyæna ran away. But when she had run away, she returned to