And he got up and , calling her by name , went out to the shed . ` Go away ! I do n't want you ! ' she cried angrily . But it was too late . The buffalo had fallen to the ground , dead , and with the wound in his head as before . The young man who , unlike most of his tribe , was afraid of his wife , returned to his bed without having seen anything , but wondering very much what she could be doing all this time . After waiting a few minutes , she began her task over again , and at the end the buffalo stood on his feet as before . But just as the girl was rejoicing that her work was completed , in came the husband once more to see what his wife was doing ; and this time he sat himself down in the hut , and said that he wished to watch whatever was going on . Then the girl took up the pitcher and all her other things and left the shed , trying for the third time to bring the buffalo back to life . She was too late ; the dawn was already breaking , and the head fell to the ground , dead and corrupt as it was before . The girl entered the hut , where her husband and his mother were getting ready to go out . ' I want to go down to the lake , and bathe , ' said she . ` But you could never walk so far , ' answered they . ` You are so tired , as it is , that you can hardly stand ! ' However , in spite of their warnings , the girl left the hut in the direction of the lake . Very soon she came back weeping , and sobbed out : ' I met some one in the village who lives in my country , and he told me that my mother is very , very ill , and if I do not go to her at once she will be dead before I arrive . I will return as soon as I can , and now farewell . ' And she set forth in the direction of the mountains . But this story was not true ; she knew nothing about her mother , only she wanted an excuse to go home and tell her family that their prophecies had come true , and that the buffalo was dead .
Balancing her basket on her head , she walked along , and directly she had left the village behind her she broke out into the song of the Rover of the Plain , and at last , at the end of the day , she came XXXXX the group of huts where her parents lived .
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