“Ho! elder brother, the Thunder God has come back,” said Otter.
“They hit the tent skins,” said the Big Turtle.
The people said, “It is good to fell trees.” They began felling trees here and there. The trees said, “Qwi! qwi!” as they fell.
“Ho! elder brother, the Thunder God has come back,” said Otter.
“They are felling trees,” said Big Turtle.
At length the Thunder God roared, very far away.
“Ho! elder brother, he has come back,” said he. Big Turtle let him go. Otter was very thin. He went homeward. He reached home very lean.
“Let the two birds drink the stream dry,” said the people. “Bring the Pelicans here.”
When they came, the people said, “Drink the stream dry. A person came here to war and we killed him, but he is alive. He laughs heartily at us.”
The birds drank the stream dry. There was only a very small quantity left in which Big Turtle sat.