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 "What for?" asked grandmother.

"Never mind what for," answered her grandson. So Grandmother made the sack.

Nanebojo took the sack and went along the lake shore to where there was a hill, with a short stretch of flat land between the hill and the water. He climbed to the top of the hill, got into the sack, closed the neck, and rolled down the hill. Then he got out and walked up again, laughing heartily all the time. Again he rolled down the hill, shouting loudly.

Now the ducks heard him. They came out of the water and waddled around him. They came closer and closer. After a while, one duck grew bold. He said, "Let us roll downhill just once."

Nanebojo said, " Oh, no indeed, you go away! Every time I do anything you come around and bother me!"

Then he went up the hill again with his sack on his back, and rolled himself downhill, laughing loudly. Again the ducks said, "Let us roll downhill just once."

Nanebojo said, " Very well. You may roll downhill just once," and he told them to get into the bag. Just then some geese flew by overhead. They stopped to watch. Nanebojo also saw them.

Nanebojo carried the ducks to the top of the hill, laid down the bag, filled it with ducks, tied the neck, and