But the older Deer child nudged him and whispered, "Be silent. Don't say that."
They put away the roots and lay awake all night watching for their mother.
In the morning Old Grizzly said to the young deer: "I must go and search for your mother. I don't see why she has not come back. She must have made a fire in the woods and have fallen asleep there." Then after telling her own children what they must not do while she was away, she set out into the woods.
When she was out of sight, the young deer said to the cubs, "Shall we play skipping down from the house?"
"Oh, no," the cubs answered, "our mother told us not to skip down from the house. It will make our hearts loose in us."
Then the young deer said, "Let 's jump over logs."
"Oh, no," the cubs answered, "our mother made us promise not to jump over logs, for the tree sticks will run into our legs."
"If you will not jump," said the young deer, "let 's play plunging into the water."
"Oh, no," answered the cubs, "our mother told us not to dive into the water. It will rise up and smother us."
