said she . And he lifted his right arm , from which she took the bridge , while the Bad One looked on , well pleased . ` Be sure that he does not run away , ' chuckled he . ` Boil some water , and get him ready for cooking , while I go and invite my friends the water-demons to the feast . ' The woman seized Ball-Carrier between her finger and thumb , and was going to carry him to the kitchen , when the boy spoke : ' I am very lean and small now , ' he said , ` hardly worth the trouble of cooking ; but if you were to keep me two days , and gave me plenty of food , I should get big and fat . As it is , your friends the water-demons would think you meant to laugh at them , when they found that I was the feast . ' ` Well , perhaps you are right , ' answered the Bad One ; ' I will keep you for two days . ' And he went out to visit the water-demons . Meanwhile the servant , whose name was Lung Woman , led him into a little shed , and chained him up to a ring in the wall . But food was given him every hour , and at the end of two days he was as fat and big as a Christmas turkey , and could hardly move his head from one side to the other . ` He will do now , ' said the Bad One , who came constantly to see how he was getting on . ' I shall go and tell the water-demons that we expect them to dinner to-night . Put the kettle on the fire , but be sure on no account to taste the broth . ' Lung-Woman lost no time in obeying her orders . She built up the fire , which had got very low , filled the kettle with water , and passing a rope which hung from the ceiling through the handle , swung it over the flames . Then she brought in Ball-Carrier , who , seeing all these preparations , wished that as long as he was in the kettle the water might not really boil , though it would hiss and bubble , and also , that the spirits would turn the water into fat . The kettle soon began to sing and bubble , and Ball Carrier was lifted in . Very soon the fat which was to make the sauce rose to the surface , and Ball-Carrier , who was bobbing about from one side to the other , called out that Lung-Woman had better taste the broth , as he though that some salt should be added to it . The servant knew quite well that her master had forbidden her to do any thing of the kind , but when once the idea was put into her head , she found the smell from the kettle so delicious that she unhooked a long ladle from the wall and plunged it into the kettle . ` You will spill it all , if you stand so far off , ' said the boy ; ` why do n't you come a little nearer ? '
And as she did so he cried to the spirits to give him back his usual size and strength and to make the water scalding hot Then he gave the kettle a kick , which upset all the boiling water upon her , and jumping over her body he seized once more the gold and the bridge , picked up his club and bow and arrows , and after setting XXXXX to the Bad One 's hut , ran down to the river , which he crossed safely by the help of the bridge .
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