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Show 204 BTJBEATT OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 fox said, " No, we can't do that; go to sleep.,, She said, " I can't." He said, " Yes you will, yes you wilL,, He said it twice. She said, / Good morning, sir; good morning, sir." Rudimentary Song.( c) VOICE J = 88 A L » , ______________ The following story was related and its song recorded by Fanny Provo ( singer No. 13). STORY OP THE BEAR WHO STOLE THE WOLF'S WIFE A bear came and stole the wolf's wife. She had a little baby. The baby cried, and so the father wolf followed the bear's tracks and found the mother wolf. The bear was very angry and bega, n to fight with the wolf, but the wolf threw him on the ground and took the mother wolf away. The bear had told the wolf that her husband could not beat him, but the wolf threw the bear on the ground and beat him. The little wolf baby cried and screamed while his father was away. He was glad to see his mother and ran to her. The mother wolf did not want to leave the bear, but her husband made her come back with him. Rudimentary Song ( d) Voioa J)= 63 irfii'JmJL^ injaijiia^^ j, jn; j |