Hour of the Hunter

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I t is said that after that I’itoi climbed the steps of arrows and went to Eagle Man’s cave. The woman was sitting there with her baby. “I have come to kill Eagle Man,” I’itoi told her.

“But you can’t,” said the woman. “He kills everyone.”

“He will not kill me,” said I’itoi, “because I have power. What time does he come home?”

“At noon.”

“What does he do?”

“He eats.”

“And after that?”

“He sleeps.”

“And the baby?”

“He sleeps, too.”

“Today, let it happen just that way,” said I’itoi. “Let him come home and eat and go to sleep. Let the baby sleep with him with his head facing in the same direction.”

“Where will you be?” asked the woman.

“I will turn myself into a fly and hide in that crack over there.”

It happened just that way. I’itoi turned himself into a fly and hid in the crack. Eagle Man came home, ate his meal, and lay down with the baby to sleep. The baby was so small it had not yet spoken, but now it did. “Papa, somebody came,” the baby said.

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