“Hide me there,” said Wus. “I am going to take you home with me. You must tie up a bundle of roots for us to eat on the road. You will have to eat a good deal or you will give out. It is a long road.”
The eldest brother was coming, so Kāhkaas built a great fire. When the man got to the house he put down his basket of roots and looked in at the smoke hole; he looked all around, then asked: “Why did you scream?” [[56]]
“It was getting late; I wanted you to come home,” said Kāhkaas.
Just then Wus sprang at Súbbas and cut off his head. He and Kāhkaas pulled the body in and hid it; then they put the head in the hole where the roots were.
Again it began to snow; the second brother was coming. Soon he looked in at the smoke hole, and asked: “Why did you scream?”
“I missed the step and fell into the house,” said Kāhkaas.
“We have always told you to be careful,” said Súbbas.
That moment Wus sprang up. Súbbas screamed, but Wus cut his head off and dragged the head and the body to the hole where the roots were.
When the third brother came he asked: “What noise was that? I thought I heard my brother scream.”
“I was screaming,” said Kāhkaas. “I wanted to hurry you home.”