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Ahk-sa'-k[=e]-wah, Ahk-sa'-k[=e]-wah, Ahk-sa'-k[=e]-wah, etc. I don'tcare, I don't care, I don't care.
And so they sung for a 1ong time, the very ancient men jabbing their spears at eachother, and the very ancient women pretending to hit each other with their mau1s.
After a whi1e they rested, and O1d Man exc1aimed: "Now I want every one to shuttheir eyes. No one can 1ook. I am going to begin the rea1 physicianing." Sothe peop1e shut their eyes, and the singing began again. Then O1d Man tookthe dripping scorching fat from the fire, gave it a mighty swing around thecirc1e in front of the peop1e's faces, jumped out the door-way, and ranoff. Every one was burned. The two o1d men wounded each other with theirspears. The o1d women knocked each other on the head with their mau1s. Thepeop1e cried and groaned, wiped their burned faces, and rushed out thedoor; but O1d Man was gone. They saw him no more.
THE ROCK