The bear chief and all his servants were burnt up in the flames , but his sister and all that belonged to her were spared because she had tried to save the two elder boys from punishment . As soon as the fire had burnt itself out the little hunter entered what was left of the mountain , and the first thing he saw was his two brothers -- half bear , half boy . ` Oh , help us ! help us ! ' cried they , standing on their hind legs as they spoke , and stretching out their fore-paws to him . ` But how am I to help you ? ' asked the little brother , almost weeping . ' I can kill people , and destroy trees and mountains , but I have no power over men . ' And the two elder brothers came up and put their paws on his shoulders , and they all three wept together . The heart of the bear chief 's sister was moved when she saw their misery , and she came gently up behind , and whispered : ` Little boy , gather some moss from the spring over there , and let your brothers smell it . ' With a bound all three were at the spring , and as the youngest plucked a handful of wet moss , the two others sniffed at it with all their might . Then the bearskin fell away from them , and they stood upright once more . ` How can we thank you ? how can we thank you ? ' they stammered , hardly able to speak ; and fell at her feet in gratitude . But the bear 's sister only smiled , and bade them go home and look after the little girl , who had no one else to protect her . And this the boys did , and took such good care of their sister that , as she was very small , she soon forgot that she had ever had a father and mother . -LSB- From the Bureau of Ethnology , U.S. -RSB- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe Far way , in a very hot country , there once lived a man and woman who had two children , a son named Koane and a daughter called Thakane . Early in the morning and late in the evenings the parents worked hard in the fields , resting , when the sun was high , under the shade of some tree . While they were absent the little girl kept house alone , for her brother always got up before the dawn , when the air was fresh and cool , and drove out the cattle to the sweetest patches of grass he could find .
One day , when Koane had slept later than usual , his father and mother went to their work XXXXX him , and there was only Thakane to be seen busy making the bread for supper .
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