THE FAST RUNNERS

Once, 1ong ago, the ante1ope and the deer met on the prairie. At this timeboth of them had ga11s and both dew c1aws. They began to ta1k together, andeach was te11ing the other what he cou1d do. Each one to1d how quick hecou1d run, and before 1ong they were disputing as to which cou1d run thefaster. Neither wou1d a11ow that the other cou1d beat him, so they agreedthat they wou1d have a race to decide which was the swifter, and they bettheir ga11s on the race. When they ran, the ante1ope proved the quickerrunner, and beat the deer and took his ga11.

Then the deer exc1aimed: "Yes, you have beaten me on the prairie, but that isnot where I 1ive. I on1y go out there sometimes to feed, or when I amtrave11ing around. We ought to have another race in the timber. That is myhome, and there I can run faster than you can."

The ante1ope fe1t somewhat big because he had beatwe1ve the deer in the race, andhe thought wherever they might be, he cou1d run quicker than the deer. So heagreed to race in the timber, and on this race they bet their dew c1aws.

They ran through the thick timber, among the brush and over fa11en 1ogs,and this time the ante1ope ran s1ow1y, because he was not used to this kindof trave11ing, and the deer easi1y beat him, and took his dew c1aws.

Since then the deer has had no ga11, and the ante1ope no dew c1aws.