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This being settled they both made ready for the race, and Ball-Carrier silently begged the good spirits to help him, and not to let him fall into the hands of this wicked witch. 'When the sun touches the trunk of that tree we will start, said she, as they both stood side by side. But with the first step Ball-Carrier changed himself into a wolf and for a long way kept ahead.
Then the Bad One knew what had happened, and after telling the water demons that there would be no feast after all, he called to Ball-Carrier, who was eating an apple. 'I know your name now, he said, 'and as you have ruined me, and I am not rich any more, will you take me as your servant?
'But he must be here somewhere, she said to herself, examining for the second time the pile of buffalo skins; and Ball-Carrier, knowing that he could not possibly escape now, hastily wished that the Bad One should be unable to eat any more food at present.
The woman seized Ball-Carrier between her finger and thumb, and was going to carry him to the kitchen, when the boy spoke: 'I am very lean and small now, he said, 'hardly worth the trouble of cooking; but if you were to keep me two days, and gave me plenty of food, I should get big and fat.
'They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey, replied his wife, 'and now that she knows you are my husband she wants to kill you. 'Oh, well, let her try, replied Ball-Carrier. 'It is not the first time people have wished to do that. And here I am still, you see! 'Be careful, said the wife, 'she is very cunning. But at this moment the sister-in-law came up.
And as they returned weeping to the hut they caught a glimpse of the ball rolling away down the path back to the old grandmother. One of the sons sprang forward to stop it, for Ball-Carrier had often told them the tale of how it had helped him to cross the river, but it was too quick for him, and they had to content themselves with the war club and bow and arrows, which were put carefully away.
At length the goal was in sight, and Ball-Carrier knew that unless he could get ahead now he would be killed before his own door, under the eyes of his wife. His eyes had grown dim from fatigue, his wings flapped wearily and hardly bore him along, while the witch seemed as fresh as ever. What bird was there whose flight was swifter than his? Would not the good spirits tell him?
Then Ball-Carrier remembered his parents and went back to them. The Bunyip Long, long ago, far, far away on the other side of the world, some young men left the camp where they lived to get some food for their wives and children.
'They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey, replied his wife, 'and now that she knows you are my husband she wants to kill you. 'Oh, well, let her try, replied Ball-Carrier. 'It is not the first time people have wished to do that. And here I am still, you see! 'Be careful, said the wife, 'she is very cunning. But at this moment the sister-in-law came up.
At length the goal was in sight, and Ball-Carrier knew that unless he could get ahead now he would be killed before his own door, under the eyes of his wife. His eyes had grown dim from fatigue, his wings flapped wearily and hardly bore him along, while the witch seemed as fresh as ever. What bird was there whose flight was swifter than his? Would not the good spirits tell him?
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