said
Selu, " but wait a little while and I'll get you something.''' So she
took a basket and started out to the storehouse. This storehouse was
built upon poles high up from the ground, to keep it out of the reach
of animals, and there was a ladder to climb up by, and one door, but
no other opening. Every day when Selu got ready to cook the dinner
she would go out to the storehouse with a basket and bring it back
full of corn and beans. The boys had never been inside the storehouse,
so wondered where all the corn and beans could come from, as the
house was not a very large one; so as soon as Selu went out of the
door the Wild Boy said to his brother, "Let's go and seewhat she
does." They ran around and climbed up at the back of the storehouse
and pulled out a piece of clay from between the logs, so that they
could look in. There they saw Selu standing in the middle of the room
with the basket in front of her on the floor. Leaning over the basket,
she rubbed her stomach — so — and the basket was half full of corn.
Then she rubbed under her armpits — so — and the basket was full to
the top with beans. The boys looked at each other and said, "This
will never do; our mother is a witch. If we eat any of that it will
poison us. We must kill her."
When the boys came back into the house, she knew their thoughts
before they spoke. " So