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OLD DEER AND OLD GRIZZLY
ne day the ranch was excited over a fine deer that a herder had brought in. In the late afternoon the children visited the blacksmith shop.
In talking over the way deer lose their lives, Wantasson said, "It has always been that way ever since the day Old Grizzly killed Old Deer."
"When was that, Wantasson? Won't you tell us about it?"
Never reluctant to rest, Wantasson sat down in the doorway and began the story.
In the days of the ancients Old Deer and Old Grizzly were good friends and lived together in one lodge. They each had two children. Every morning they took their baskets and went out together to dig roots.
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