Indian Why Stories by Frank Bird Linderman
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talks inside a person.'
"OLD-man heard what the Sparrow-hawk said, and he was ashamed for once in his life. He crawled out of the lodge. Into the shadows he ran away--away into the night, and the darkness--away from himself! "You see," said War Eagle, as he reached for his pipe," OLD-man knew that he had done wrong, and his heart troubled him, just as yours will bother you if you do not listen to the voice that speaks within yourselves. When- ever that voice says a thing is wicked, it is wicked--no matter who says it is not. Yes --it is very hard for a man to hide from him- self. Ho!" OLD-MAN'S TREACHERY The next afternoon Muskrat and Fine Bow went hunting. They hid them- selves in some brush which grew beside an old game trail that followed the river, and there waited for a chance deer. |
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