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The Flood Story
 Once upon a time, when the world was flat and there were no mountains, there lived two brothers, sons of Lumawig, the Great Spirit. The brothers were fond of hunting, and since no mountains had formed there was no good place to catch wild pig and deer, and the older brother said:  
“Let us cause water to flow over all the world and cover it, and then mountains will rise up.”5
 
So they caused water to flow over all the earth, and when it was covered they took the head-basket6 of the town and set it for a trap. The brothers were very much pleased when they went to look at their trap, for they had caught not only many wild pigs and deer but also many people.
 
Now Lumawig looked down from his place in the sky and saw that his sons had flooded the earth and that in all the world there was just one spot which was not covered. And he saw that all the people in the world had been drowned except one brother and sister who lived in Pokis. [103]
 
Then Lumawig descended, and he called to the boy and girl, saying:
 
“Oh, you are still alive.”
 
“Yes,” answered the boy, “we are still alive, but we are very cold.&rd............
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