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bed. The Indian at once started to recross. He said, unconcernedly, "My canoe is not quite water-tight. I will now patch it." But he forgot and left his stone ax on the shore when he began to cross this time.
When the Stredu had recrossed, she again saw that Indian on the other side. Then she saw the stone ax. She said, "He has forgotten his weapon," for she did not know what it was. She said, "I will smash it against that rock." Then she hit the rock with the ax and the rock was shattered into bits. The ax was not broken. Then the Stredu became afraid. She ran away.
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