"At breakfast the families missed the children and traced them to where the Giant picked them up, but saw no tracks farther.
"Every morning he comes over looking for some more children and got away with many before parents know where they went.
"This kept going on till there were very few children left and the parents were very sad. Giant leaves no tracks, so nobody knows what to do. At last parents decide to do something.
"The second chief decided to go to the two little War Gods, who live with their grandmother, a Spider Woman, and see if they would help them.
"So then the second chief cut two round pieces out of strong buckskin, and made two big balls and stuffed them hard and painted them with a red face, a mask like Supais. He made a strong bow and many strong arrows and put them in a—something like an army bag. All this he made for the Twin War Gods, who are small but powerful and their medicine too.
"Then he took these presents and started off to the home of these two little War Gods.
"At early sunrise he arrived there and peeked down into their house, which was like a big kiva, and there were the two boys playing shinney.
"The grandmother received the man kindly and told the rough, unruly boys to stop their playing and be quiet. But they don't stop their playing, so she picked up a big stick and hit the boys a good lick across the legs. Now the boys see the man and his two fine balls and sticks. They say to each other, 'We like to have those things!'
"After a good breakfast she asked the man, 'What can we do for you?'
"'Yes,' he said, 'a Giant at Oraibi has been carrying away more than half the children from our village.'