I saw some pretty new birds , high up in a tree yonder , ' he remarked . And the son answered : ` Show me the way and I will get them for dinner . ' The two went out together , and after walking for about half an hour they old man stopped . ` That is the tree , ' he said . And the son began to climb it . Now a strange thing happened . The higher the young man climbed the higher the birds seemed to be , and when he looked down the earth below appeared no bigger than a star . Sill he tried to go back , but he could not , and though he could not see the birds any longer he felt as if something were dragging him up and up . He thought that he had been climbing that tree for days , and perhaps he had , for suddenly a beautiful country , yellow with fields of maize , stretched before him , and he gladly left the top of the tree and entered it . He walked through the maize without knowing where he was going , when he heard a sound of knocking , and saw two old blind women crushing their food between two stones . He crept up to them on tiptoe , and when one old woman passed her dinner to the other he held out his hand and took it and ate if for himself . ` How slow you are kneading that cake , ' cried the other old woman at last . ` Why , I have given you your dinner , and what more do you want ? ' replied the second . ` You did n't ; at least I never got it , ' said the other . ' I certainly thought you took it from me ; but here is some more . ' And again the young man stretched out his hand ; and the two old women fell to quarrelling afresh . But when it happened for the third time the old women suspected some trick , and one of them exclaimed : ' I am sure there is a man here ; tell me , are you not my grandson ? ' ` Yes , ' answered the young man , who wished to please her , ` and in return for your good dinner I will see if I can not restore your sight ; for I was taught in the art of healing by the best medicine man in the tribe . ' And with that he left them , and wandered about till he found the herb which he wanted .
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