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north and one to the south. Nenebuc stayed with his grandfather.
Now one summer Nenebuc could not fish during the whole summer because of the high winds. The people almost starved and Nenebuc became very angry. His anger was against West Wind for blowing so much. West Wind blew all the time blew hard.
Nenebuc said to his grandfather, "I am going west. I'll make West Wind cease blowing in this way."
Grandfather said, "But don't kill him. Tell him to let the wind blow awhile, and then stop. Then everything will be all right."
"I'll be back soon," said Nenebuc. "And I'll end this constant wind."
So Nenebuc went away. He went toward the Darkening Land, and there he found his brother. Now this was the brother with the two horns, and he was not friendly toward Nenebuc. He refused to stop the blowing of West Wind, and at last they fought about it. Nenebuc hammered his brother hard with a club and at last broke one of his horns. Then he said, "Don't blow so hard any more. Grandfather and all the people will starve if the wind always blows so hard." Then he went home.
So things went much better. Nenebuc went fishing and found it was very calm, with only a little puff
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