So he made haste , and opened the door quickly , and instead of the wooden doll , his wife sat in front of the fire . Then she spoke to him and said , ` The Great Spirit felt sorry for you , because you would not be comforted , so he let me come back to you , but you must not stretch out your hand to touch me till we have seen the rest of our people . If you do , I shall die . ' So the man listened to her words , and the woman dwelt there , and brought the wood and kindled the fire , till one day her husband said to her , ` It is now two years since you died . Let us now go back to our tribe . Then you will be well , and I can touch you . ' And with that he prepared food for the journey , a string of deer 's flesh for her to carry , and one for himself ; and so they started . Now the camp of the tribe was distant six days ' journey , and when they were yet one day 's journey off it began to snow , and they felt weary and longed for rest . Therefore they made a fire , cooked some food , and spread out their skins to sleep . Then the heart of the man was greatly stirred , and he stretched out his arms to his wife , but she waved her hands and said , ` We have seen no one yet ; it is too soon . ' But he would not listen to her , and caught her to him , and behold ! he was clasping the wooden doll . And when he saw it was the doll he pushed it from him in his misery and rushed away to the camp , and told them all his story . And some doubted , and they went back with him to the place where he and his wife had stopped to rest , and there lay the doll , and besides , they saw in the snow the steps of two people , and the foot of one was like the foot of the doll . And the man grieved sore all the days of his life . IN THE LAND OF SOULS -LRB- 21 -RRB- -LRB- 21 -RRB- From the Red Indian . Far away , in North America , where the Red Indians dwell , there lived a long time ago a beautiful maiden , who was lovelier than any other girl in the whole tribe . Many of the young braves sought her in marriage , but she would listen to one only -- a handsome chief , who had taken her fancy some years before . So they were to be married , and great rejoicings were made , and the two looked forward to a long life of happiness together , when the very night before the wedding feast a sudden illness seized the girl , and , without a word to her friends who were weeping round her , she passed silently away . The heart of her lover had been set upon her , and the thought of her remained with him night and day .
He put aside his bow , and went neither to fight nor XXXXX hunt , but from sunrise to sunset he sat by the place where she was laid , thinking of his happiness that was buried there .
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