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Rh toward the door. He was afraid. | was small, two years old. Then he was going to throw something, to throw || sleep into the old woman. Frog was sitting there, and did not sleep. | She became sleepy and lay down. She slept. | Then entered. He began to play. | He knew, for his mother had told him, how she was. He know the belongings | of his mother. Then he played with them in the evening and went || back to his mother. When he arrived, his mother said to him: "Why do you | come back? You ought to stay with your grandmother." said: | "I was afraid; that old woman looks terrible." | His parents laughed at him. They said to him: "Later you will love her. | All children like that old woman." Frog was asleep. || She arose and saw that the inside of her tent looked strange. | She looked, and she found out a child had been there. She said: | "Oh, my grandchild, my grandchild has arrived, and therefore I slept." |

In the morning started again, and Frog saw | the evidence of a child having been there. "Nobody knows whether || it is my grandson or my granddaughter." Therefore she made a bow and | a little basket. She put them down. She thought: "I was asleep | when he came in. If I should go to sleep again; when | he comes back I'll know what it is." That was the reason why | she made the two kinds of toys. Frog was || sleepy. She lay down and slept. Again | came in. Therefore she went to sleep again. | entered. He looked, and there was the little bow and the little basket. | He ran for the little bow. She had also made two figures of deer (of grass). | Then he took the little bow and went out. He shot || at the figure of the deer. When it was almost evening, | the figure of the deer was torn to pieces. He carried it in again and went back. Frog arose. | She looked at what she had made, and the little basket was hanging there. | The little bow was lying there. It was broken. Then she knew that her grandchild was | a boy. She said: "O grandson, grandson! He must have come while || I was sound asleep." On the following morning she thought: "Even if I do | feel sleepy, I'll not go to sleep." She made a figure of a deer (of grass) and put it down. | She lay down. She thought: "Let me lie down again." There was |. He looked in, and the old woman was asleep. | He thought: "She is sleeping." Then he entered. He took || the little bow and the figure of the deer. Then he carried | them out. He was about to play with them. Frog saw him. His clothing was | bright red. The child was good-looking. She ran for him | and took him. She said to him: "O grandchild, grandchild!" | He said to her: "Let me go!" Then went out and || shot at the figure. Frog had made an arrow | and the figure of a deer. Then | was seen by the old woman; and he staid there, on the