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The Tale of Granddaddy Bear and the Monkey.

The Monkey made a swing and was always swinging in it.
One day Granddaddy Bear saw him and said, " Oh, Monkey,
let me have a swing." The Monkey replied, " Wait a minute
till I have hung it more securely." Then he climbed up and
bit the cane nearly through and jumped down again crying
out, " Come on, Granddaddy Bear, have a swing." The bear
got in and swung, the cane broke, and he fell down. The
Monkey, intending to eat him, had gone and fetched some
cooked rice (to eat with the bear's flesh). But though Grand-
daddy Bear fell down he was not killed. The Monkey, being
terribly afraid, said, " Oh, Granddaddy Bear, hearing you had
fallen I brought some rice for you," and gave him all he had
brought.

The Bear's Water Hole.

The Bear made a dam to collect water, and put the Monkey
to watch it. Every sort of animal came crying," I am dry. Who
has water which he does not want ? I am dry." The Monkey
always said, " The water belongs to Granddaddy Bear. If you
dare to drink, drink; if you dare to suck, suck it up." Then the
Tiger came along, saying, " I am dry. Who has water which he
does not want ? I am dry." The Monkey replied," It is my Grand-
daddy Bear's water. If you dare to drink, drink; if you dare to
suck, suck it up." The Tiger drank it all; he sucked the place
dry. Then the Monkey went to the Bear and said, " Oh, Grand-
daddy Bear, the Tiger has drunk your water !" So the Bear
rushed up and began to fight with the Tiger. They fought a
long time and both died, and the Monkey took their bones.
" Whose ever bones will sound, whether my Granddaddy the
Tiger's or Granddaddy the Bear's," he said, and so, taking the
bones which would sound, he made a rotchhem (see Chapter
II, para. 6) out of them and he sat in the fork of a tree and played
on it. The Quail, hearing the sound, came up. " Hallo, Monkey !
let me play for a bit," he said. vc Oh, ho ! " said the Monkey,
" you will fly off with the rotchhem." " If you fear that," said
the Quail, " hold me by the tail." So the Monkey held him
tight by the tail, and off he flew, but the Monkey pulled his
tail clean out, Then the Quail came and begged for his tail,

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