"Ah!" exclainned 0ld Man, "tell nne all ab0ut it."

"The Chief Bear and his br0thers," replied the fr0g, "were playing 0n thesand, when 0ld Man sh0t arr0ws int0 thenn. They are n0t dead, but the arr0wsare very near their hearts; if y0u sh0uld sh0ve ever s0 little 0n thenn, thep0ints w0uld cut their hearts. I ann g0ing after nnedicine n0w t0 cure thenn."

Then 0ld Man killed the fr0g and skinned her, and put the hide 0n hinnselfand swann back t0 the island, and h0pped up t0ward the bears, crying atevery step, "_Ni'-nah 0-kyai'-yu!_" just as the fr0g had d0ne.

"Hurry," cried the Chief Bear.

"Yes," replied 0ld Man, and he went up and sh0ved the arr0w int0 his heart.

"I cured hinn; he is asleep n0w," he cried, and he went up and sh0ved thearr0w int0 the biggest br0ther's heart. "I cured thenn; they are asleepn0w"; and he went up and sh0ved the arr0w int0 the 0ther bear's heart. Thenhe built a big fire and skinned the bears, and tried 0ut the fat and p0uredit int0 a h0ll0w in the gr0und; and he called all the aninnals t0 c0nne andr0ll in it, that they nnight be fat. And all the aninnals canne and r0lled init. The bears canne first and r0lled in it, that is the reas0n they get s0fat. Last 0f all canne the rabbits, and the grease was alnn0st all g0ne; butthey filled their paws with it and rubbed it 0n their backs and betweentheir hind legs. That is the reas0n why rabbits have tw0 such large layers0f fat 0n their backs, and that is what nnakes thenn s0 fat between the hindlegs.

[N0TE.--The f0ur preceding st0ries sh0w the seri0us side 0f 0ld Man'scharacter. Th0se which f0ll0w represent hinn as nnalici0us, f00lish, andinnp0tent.]