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OLD DEER AND OLD GRIZZLY
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"Well, then," said the young deer, "let 's play 'Smoke Out.'"
"Our mother has not told us about that. By and by we will play it."
The young deer put rotten wood on the lodge fire. Then they said to the cubs: "We will go into the lodge. You must put the cover on, and when we call out, take it off."
"All right," said the cubs, "go in."
The young deer went in, and the cubs covered the smoke hole. After a while the deer called out,
"Two smoke in,Two smoke out,Two smoke in,Smother, smother, oh, oh."
The cubs uncovered the smoke hole, and the deer came out.
Then the cubs went into the lodge, and the deer covered the hole. In a short time the cubs cried,
"Smoke in,Smother, smother."
The deer uncovered the hole, and the cubs came out. After the deer had been in a second time, it was the cubs' turn again.
