“Where have you gone now?” asked the voice.
“I am looking at you,” said the girl. “You are bad. I want you to be something else.”
She came out of the ground, rubbed black paint on her hands, and on her face, from her chin to the top of her forehead. Then she asked: “Who are you who talk so much and make such a noise? I want you to go far off on the mountain, where you can’t bother people who are traveling around. Go where you won’t be seen often.”
He couldn’t go unless he looked at her. She knew this, so she said: “Look at me; I want to be friends with you.”
He had to look at her; he couldn’t help it.
That moment he became as red as she was. She said: “I am a spirit and hereafter you will be a spirit. Sometimes we will help each other.” As soon as he looked at her, he went off to the mountain. Each spirit went its way and both will live always. [[318]]
PITOÍOIS
CHARACTERS
| Kāhkaas | Stork | Tskel | Mink | |
| Kûlta | Otter | Wûlkûtska | Marten | |
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