The people who had insulted Pikoi and thrown dirt upon him began to run away and try to hide. They fled in different directions.
Pikoi caught his bow and fixed an arrow and again chanted to his rat-sister-gods, ending with an incantation against those who were in flight: [[171]]
“Strike! Behold there are the rats—the men!
The small man,
The large man,
The tall man,
The short man,
The panting coward.
Fly, arrow! and strike!
Return at last!”