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Rh friend had forgotten. | Then the friend of Pipe Lighter became hungry. At once | he remembered what he had been told. They were going along, and | the friend of Pipe Lighter thought: "Well, let me try!" There was a tree, | and there was a burl on it. Pipe Lighter was addressed: || "Pipe Lighter!" He said: "What is it?" He was told: 65 "A bear." | He said: '"Where is it?" He was told: "Farther on, on a tree." | They said to one another: "Hold on!" They whispered, | because the bear was wild. Therefore they whispered, | so as not to scare it away. They looked at what they referred to. || It was a 70 burl. Then Pipe Lighter took out his arrow. | He went there softly. Then they said to one another: "Behold, he will make a mistake!" | Then they looked at it, and they laughed at him. | They did not make any noise when they laughed at him. Pipe Lighter went there | and looked around to see it. Then he aimed at it. || The people were 75 laughing. He shot. There was a noise of an arrow striking wood, | but already he had another arrow ready to shoot. Then they laughed aloud, | because he was shooting at wood. | He shot again, and hit something soft. His arrow stuck out, | and there was the noise of a bear. It was seen that the wood was moving. || The bear started to 80 run up the tree. It stopped; | and while they were looking at it for a little while, it fell down. | It was killed. Then Pipe Lighter and his friend scared the people. | They began to eat the bear. | After they had eaten it, they went on. They went along. || Nothing was seen yet, and they were again hungry. Now, | there were two other friends. The one knew | what his friend had told him. There was a brook, and they went to the water. | His friend said to him: "What did you say?" (I do not know | the names of the friends.) The friend said: "Friend!" || He said: "What?" He was told: 90 "There is a charr." | He said: "Wait, wait! There are many." They said to each other: | "Wait! There are charrs." Then the friends were looked at. | The one put on what he was going to use as a spear. | He did not look. He was not looking there at || the water. Then he 95 went along softly. Then it was seen | that he was about to spear wood. Now they laughed | and whispered. Then he threw his spear, and it struck something soft. | It moved and became a charr. | It was taken out of the water. It was eaten. It was small. They were not satiated, || because there were many. | 100

They started again. They wanted to see what was happening. They arrived, | and did not see anything. Then in the evening they went on. | At night those who were the last talked, and said: | "Wait! It smells like people." || It was very dark. Then they smelled the