Part 32 (1/2)

”I cannot go there,” said Norwanchakus; ”you go, my brother.”

Keriha went through the air quickly; brought the plant--brought all there was.

”We must have more,” said Norwanchakus.

”Well, go and get it,” answered Keriha. ”It grows beyond the sky in the southwest.”

”I cannot go there; go you,” said the elder brother.

Keriha went beyond the sky on the southeast; found plenty of kuruti.

The elder brother made strings of the fibre.

”I am in a hurry to fish,” said Keriha. ”You are slow, my brother.”

”Go straight east beyond the sky,” said the other, ”and get ash wood while I am making a net.”

Keriha brought the ash. Norwanchakus had the net made, and now he fixed the ash stick.

”My brother,” said Keriha, ”we cannot see anything. How can we fish?

There are people around us in the world, perhaps, but we have no good light to find them.”

There was a kind of dim light all the time. The two brothers started, came north as far as Nomlopi, opposite Pas Puisono, and sat down.

Keriha heard voices in the north and asked, ”Do you hear shouting?”

”No; I hear nothing,” answered Norwanchakus.

”Let us go toward the shouting,” said Keriha.

They went to a place about six miles beyond the river, where they found a sweat-house.

”These are the first people we have seen,” said Keriha. ”We shall call this place Tsarau Heril.” They stood near the door of the sweat-house.

”Oh, my brother,” said a big man who saw them and came to the door.

”Yes,” said Keriha, ”you are our brother, you are Norwinte.”

Another came and said, ”Oh, my brother!”

”You are our brother, too,” said Keriha; ”you are Eltuluma.”

”It is dark. We do not know what to do,” said Norwinte.

”And we do not know,” answered Keriha.

”Not far from here are more people,” said Norwinte. ”Let us send to them to come here. Perhaps we may learn what to do.”

Norwinte sent a messenger to the north. He brought a new person soon, a good-looking man; and when this stranger had talked a while he said, ”There is a person in the southeast who can help us.”

”Will you bring him here?” asked Norwinte.

”I cannot go there,” said the stranger.