When she was out of sight, Salmon Berry's eldest son made a fire. He said to Robin's children: "Let 's play a game. Let 's steam each other. You steam us first, and then we will steam you. When we cry, 'Now we are done,' you must let us out of the hole."
"All right," said the children of Robin.
They heated stones and put them in the hole. Then Salmon Berry's children went into the hole. Robin's children piled dirt up over them. After a while the eldest son called out, "Now we are done," and Robin's children uncovered them and let them out.
They heated stones again and put them into the hole. Robin's children went in. The children of Salmon Berry covered them up with dirt and piled heavy sticks on top of them. Soon Robin's children called, "We are done"; but the children of Salmon Berry would not let them out. Robin's children cried a little while and then were silent. They were dead. All five were dead.
The children of Salmon Berry took them out of the hole. They put one near a pond of water and twisted its mouth so that it looked as if it were laughing. They put another in the water of the pond. This was the youngest robin child. Still another they put on the roof where it seemed to