The young man saw him coming with amazement . ` Why , it is a buffalo ! ' cried he ; ' I never have beheld one in this country before ! ' And raising his gun , he aimed just behind the ear . The buffalo gave a leap into the air , and then fell dead . ` It was a good shot , ' said the young man . And he ran to the village to tell them that the thief was punished . When he entered his hut he found his wife , who had somehow heard the news , twisting herself to and fro and shedding tears . ` Are you ill ? ' asked he . And she answered : ` Yes ; I have pains all over my body . ' But she was not ill at all , only very unhappy at the death of the buffalo which had served her so well . Her husband felt anxious , and sent for the medicine man ; but though she pretended to listen to him , she threw all his medicine out of the door directly he had gone away . With the first rays of light the whole village was awake , and the women set forth armed with baskets and the men with knives in order to cut up the buffalo . Only the girl remained in her hut ; and after a while she too went to join them , groaning and weeping as she walked along . ` What are you doing here ? ' asked her husband when he saw her . ` If you are ill you are better at home . ' ` Oh ! I could not stay alone in the village , ' said she .
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