They said: “Please command it.”
He said: “House appear,” and it appeared, and also wood for fire. Then the children [[46]]entered the house and made a large fire, and began to roast some wild roots which they dug out of the ground.
While they were roasting the roots and were merry, there came a big cannibal, and they heard his voice saying: “Mosemanyanamatong, give me some of the wild roots you have.”
They were afraid, and the brave boy said to the girls and to the other boys, “Give me some of yours.”
They gave to him, and he threw the roots outside. While the cannibal was still eating, they went out and fled. He finished eating the roots, and then pursued them. When he approached they scattered some more roots upon the ground, and while he was picking them up and eating, they fled.
At length they came among mountains, where trees were growing. The girls were already very tired, so they all climbed up a tall tree. The cannibal came there, and tried to cut the tree down with his sharp and long nail.
Then the brave boy said to the girls: “While I am singing you must continue saying, ‘Tree be strong, Tree be strong!’ ”
He sang this song: [[47]]
“It is foolish,
It is foolish to be a traveller,