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Note 69 — Raven Traveling

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And one time he had Hair-seal as his wife. Then they had a child. And one day he went after firewood with him. His son was fat, and, pleased at the sight of him, he wanted to eat him. Then he said to him: “I am within a little of eating you.” And after they had come home, and had got through eating, he said to his mother: “Ha ha⁺, mama, my father said to me: ‘I am within a little of eating you.’ ” And Raven said: “Stop the child.” He made him ashamed. After that he devoured him.69

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