she asked . ' I did , but all the babies in the village seemed to be named Motikatika , ' answered the ogre ; ` you can not think the number who came running to me . ' The woman did not know what to make of it , so , to keep him in a good temper , she entered the hut and prepared a bowl of maize , which she brought him . ' I do not want maize , I want the baby , ' grumbled he ` and I will have him . ' ` Have patience , ' answered she ; ' I will call him , and you can eat him at once . ' And she went into the hut and cried , ` Motikatika ! ' ' I am coming , mother , ' replied he ; but first he took out his bones , and , crouching down on the ground behind the hut , asked them how he should escape the ogre . ` Change yourself into a mouse , ' said the bones ; and so he did , and the ogre grew tired of waiting , and told the woman she must invent some other plan . ` To-morrow I will send him into the field to pick some beans for me , and you will find him there , and can eat him . ' ` Very well , ' replied the ogre , ` and this time I will take care to have him , ' and he went back to his lake . Next morning Motikatika was sent out with a basket , and told to pick some beans for dinner . On the way to the field he took out his bones and asked them what he was to do to escape from the ogre . ` Change yourself into a bird and snap off the beans , ' said the bones . And the ogre chased away the bird , not knowing that it was Motikatika . The ogre went back to the hut and told the woman that she had deceived him again , and that he would not be put off any longer . ` Return here this evening , ' answered she , ` and you will find him in bed under this white coverlet . Then you can carry him away , and eat him at once . ' But the boy heard , and consulted his bones , which said : ` Take the red coverlet from your father 's bed , and put yours on his , ' and so he did . And when the ogre came , he seized Motikatika 's father and carried him outside the hut and ate him . When his wife found out the mistake , she cried bitterly ; but Motikatika said : ` It is only just that he should be eaten , and not I ; for it was he , and not I , who sent you to fetch the water . '
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