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Updated: May 22, 2025
In no time at all OLD-man cried: 'Ouch! you are burning me quick! dig me out. "True to their promise, the Squirrel-people dug OLD-man out of the ashes, and laughed at him because he cried so quickly. "'Now, it is my turn to cover the captive, said OLD-man, 'and as there are so many of you, I have a scheme that will make the game funnier and shorter. All of you lie down at once in a row.
When he got quite near where the fire was, he stopped and listened. He heard some loud laughing but could not see who it was that felt so glad and gay. Finally he crawled closer and peeked through the brush toward the fire. Then he saw some Squirrel-people, and they were playing some sort of game. They were running and laughing, and having a big time, too. What do you think they were doing?
OLD-man cut a long stick and began to dig out the Squirrel-people. One by one he fished them out of the hot ashes; and they were roasted fine and were ready to eat. As he fished them out he counted them, and laid them on the willow plate he had made. When he had dug out the last one, he took the plate to the creek and there sat down to eat the Squirrels, for he was hungry, as usual.
They never left the buried one in the ashes after he cried, but always kept their promise and dug him out, right away. "'Say, let me play, won't you? asked OLD-man. But the Squirrel-people all ran away, and he had a hard time getting them to return to the fire. "'You can't play this game, replied the Chief-Squirrel, after they had returned to the fire.
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