The bird tore one of her arms off.
She said: “I am going away now; give me what is mine.”
The bird would not listen to her, but continued its song.
She said again: “Give me my axe and let me go. My husband at home is very hungry; I want to go and cook food for him.”
The bird sang more loudly than before, and tore one of her legs off.
She fell down and cried out: “My master, I am in a hurry to go home. I do not want anything that is yours.”
She saw that she was in danger. She said to the bird again: “You don’t know how to sing your song nicely; let me go, and I will sing it for you.”
The bird opened its wings wide, and tore open her stomach. Many people came forth, most of them alive, but some were dead. As they came forth she caught them and swallowed them again. The two children were alive, and they ran away. At last the woman died.
There was great rejoicing in that country. The children returned to their grandfather, and the people came there and made them rulers of [[143]]the country, because it was through them the cannibal was brought to death.
The girl was afterwards married to a son of the great chief, and Hinazinci had for his wife the daughter of that great one. [[144]]