Hipped.
Man with the leg tied up,
Man with the leg tied up,
Broken leg—leg—
Legged.
There was no one in sight, but Aggo heard the words quite plainly, and as he suspected the ditty to be the work of his enemies, the buffalos, he hopped home as fast as his one leg could carry him.
Meantime, the daughter had no sooner been left alone in the lodge than she thought to herself:
"It is hard to be thus forever kept in doors. But my father says it would be dangerous to venture abroad. I know what I will do. I will get on the top of the house, and there I can comb and dress my hair, and no one can harm me."
She accordingly ascended the roof and busied herself in untying and combing her beautiful hair; for it was truly beautiful, not only of a fine, glossy quality, but so very long that it hung over the eaves of the house and reached down to the ground, as she sat dressing it.
She was wholly occupied in this employment, without a thought of danger, when all of a sudden the king of the buffalos came dashing up with his herd of followers. Making sure of her by means of her drooping tresses, he placed her upon the back of one of his favorite buffalos, and away he cantered over the plains. Plunging into a river that bounded his land, he bore her safely to his lodge on the other side.