human
You will tread on my shield, he said. The woman looked around.
gpt
From what place does he speak? she thought; therefore she looked around. Again he said to her,
human
You will tread on my shield. Stand further away.
gpt
Oh!
human
Stand still. I send you with a message, said Big Turtle.
gpt
Go home and say, 'Big Turtle says he has come to war. He says he has come desiring the chief's daughter, whose body has been placed on the bough of a tree.'
human
Break in his skull suddenly. He said,
gpt
How is it possible for you to break in my skull suddenly? If you let your weapons slip off suddenly from me each time, you will break your legs with the blows.
human
When the water is hot, it will be good to put him in it.
gpt
Fie! said Big Turtle.
human
When the water is hot and I scatter it with kicking, many of you will be scalded to death.
gpt
He tells what is probably true,
human
And if it be so, it is good to burn him,
gpt
For shame! If I scatter the fire by kicking, I will cause all the land to blaze. Beware lest many of your children, too, die from the fire,
human
He tells what is probably true,
gpt
O mother, some water, it said. Big Turtle said,
human
Cause the child to ask for water,
gpt
What do you mean by that?
human
When the child said, 'O mother, some water,' this one, Big Turtle, said '_Oh!_'
gpt
Wonderful! they said.
human
He is fearing the sight of water. They took him to the water, holding him by the tail. Notwithstanding Big Turtle clung to the ground with his forelegs, they held his tail, and reached the water with him. They threw him forcibly right into the water. He walked the water for a while, crying a little, and pretended he did not know how to swim. He said,
gpt
Wonderful! Throw him out into the middle of the stream, they said. Again they sent him headlong. He was wandering around. At length he sank. They said,
human
He is dead, and went homeward.
gpt
You should have done that to him at first,