They said, “When the water is hot, it will be good to put him in it.”
“Fie!” said Big Turtle. “When the water is hot and I scatter it with kicking, many of you will be scalded to death.”
“He tells what is probably true,” they said.
“And if it be so, it is good to burn him,” said the people.
“For shame! If I scatter the fire by kicking, I will cause all the land to blaze. Beware lest many of your children, too, die from the fire,” he said.
“He tells what is probably true,” they said.
A child begged for water. “O mother, some water,” it said. Big Turtle said, “Oh!” He tempted them with reference to water.
“Cause the child to ask for water,” said one.
“What do you mean by that?” said others.
“When the child said, ‘O mother, some water,’ this one, Big Turtle, said ‘Oh!’” answered one.