till determined to find another daughter for herself.
This time she took some clay and fashioned a girl from it. When the
girl moved and spoke, she told her she might bathe in the river every
day and might seat herself in the sunshine to dry, but she must not rub
herself while in the water. This command the girl obeyed for three
days. On the fourth day, she thought she would see what would happen
to her if she rubbed herself while she was in the water. So, when she
went in to bathe, she began to rub herself and at once broke into
pieces and melted away.
When Grizzly Bear saw what had happened, she again was very sorrowful,
and this time she made up her mind to make a daughter who could not
destroy herself. So, taking a block of wood, she fashioned a girl from
it. When the wood came to life, Grizzly Bear told her that she might
bathe every day in the river and bask in the sun if she liked.
The daughter did this for three days, and on the fourth, as she was
standing by the riverside, she saw a large trout leap out the water.
"What a beautiful trout," said the girl to herself. "How I wish I had
it."
Three times the trout leaped out of the water, and the fourth time it
landed on the shore by her feet. At once it changed into a handsome,
young man.
"Come with me," he said to the girl. "I have a beautiful home beneath
the water. Come with me and be my wife, and you shall live happy all
the rest of your days."
The girl said she would go. Then he told her to get on his back and to
shut her eyes as he leaped into the water. She must keep them shut
until he told her to look. She promised to obey him, but, scarcely
were they beneath the water, when she opened her eyes to see where they
were. At once she found herself alone on the bank of the river.
The next day the same thing happened. She opened her eyes before they
had reached the underwater world, and again she found herself alone on
the bank. This happened once more on the third day, but on the fourth
she succeeded in keeping her eyes closed until her husband told her to
open them.
She found herself in a beautiful country, much like the one she had
come from. There were homes and gardens and children here, and she
knew she would be very happy.
As the years went by, two children were born, a boy and a girl. One
day they came to their mother and told her that the other children had
taunted them with having no grandmother.
"Yes, you have
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