Wus never bothered Kaiutois’ daughter, for he called Kaiutois brother. One day she said to him: “You should go away from here. The girls don’t like you; they always see the hair between your toes.”
That night Wus’ mother said: “If you don’t stay at home, you will get into trouble with the chief. He doesn’t want you to bother those girls.” [[244]]
“I want Blaiwas’ sister for a wife,” said Wus.
“Don’t think about her,” said his mother. “Blaiwas has given her to a man who lives in the lake.”
“I don’t care if he has; I will have her.”
His mother told him to let the girl alone, but he was so mad he wouldn’t listen to her. The next morning he said: “I am going to catch Blaiwas’ sister to-day. After I have caught her, I will go to Blaiwas’ house. If he don’t like me, he can throw me out.”
His mother said: “That young man has taken her away.”
“If he hasn’t more power than I have, I will get her,” said Wus.
When he came to the flat where the girls were picking cherries, he asked: “Where is Blaiwas’ sister?”
“She has a man now,” said Kaiutois’ daughter. “She has gone away with him.”