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Rh the town. | He saw that there was nothing moving. He knew that they must be hungry. | Away he flew. |

They said: "What shall we do with Raven that we may catch him?" | They said: "Don't go out to-morrow. Beaver || shall be the 35 only one to go out, for he is wise. He will know | what to do." Then the next day they did not move. | He went out. He went some distance, lay down, | and lay on his back hungry. His stomach was empty, and he lay there | just like dead. ǁ

Raven staid there. He thought again: "I'll go back to | the 40 town." He transformed himself into a raven. He flew away | and flew to the town. He saw Beaver lying | a little ways off. He thought: "Oh, Beaver is wise, | but he doesn't know where the buffaloes are." Since he had become ǁ a raven, he thought: "Let me eat 45 Beaver's eyes." | He flew down. He sat down on Beaver's belly. | Because he thought he was dead, he was not afraid. | Beaver took him. Then Beaver said: "I caught Raven." |

All ran out to get Raven. ǁ He almost got away from Beaver, 50 because Beaver was hungry and weak. | Raven was fat and strong. Then the people arrived. | Raven was caught and taken to the chief's | tent. They all went in. The tent was ballasted. | It was a big tent, and they were all around it. ǁ Coyote climbed up to the top 55 of the tent. | Coyote was looking in through the smoke hole. Then they spoke. | They said to Raven: "Now, tell us, what did you do with | the game? The poor children are hungry. You have hidden it." | Raven did not speak. He wept. ǁ He cried, because he was to 60 die. They were not to kill him, because he was a chief, | because it was a town. He wore around his neck the eyes of buffaloes. | They took off his neckwear and ate it. They told him: | "Quick, speak!" Raven did not speak. He looked up, | and saw Coyote there in the smoke hole. ǁ He knew that Coyote was a coward. He thought: 65 "Now | I'll be saved." Raven said: "Which way | shall I put my head?" He shouted. He saw Coyote, who was scared. | He thought: "Now I shall not die." They said to him: "Quick, | speak!" He shouted louder, and said: "Which way ǁ shall I put my head?" Then 70 Coyote flew up, and | Raven jumped out. He flew out. | He was saved. Coyote was scolded. |

Raven flew straight up, and was lost to sight. | Magpie had clear eyes. He said: "Qo, qo, qo!" ǁ Coyote became angry. He took dirt and threw