trees and saw a large town nearby, with many people out in front
fishing for halibut. At once Raven saw his chance of getting
food. He knew if he could get at the bait the fishermen had pro-
vided on their large hooks he was sure of a good meal. So into
the sea he dived. Quickly he swam from hook to hook, gobbled

up the bait and satisfied his hunger. But the fishermen were
sorely puzzled. They felt a tug on their lines but when they
pulled them in there were no fish; what mischief was at work they
asked one another.

Houskana the fisherman presently felt not only a tug but a
weight on his line. He tried in vain to pull it out of the water
for his hook had caught firmly in Hooyah's jaw and while he pul-
led hard one way, Hooyah was tugging another way with all his
might to release himself from this painful plight. He held on
as well as he could to the rocks at the bottom of the sea and
prayed. "OQ Rocks, please help me," but no help came. Finally
he grew weary with the struggle and said to his jaw, "Break off,
O Jaw, for I am tired now." Then his jaw broke off so that the
weight suddenly ceased to drag on Houskana's line and he pulled
it in with a jerk. Then all the fishermen were scared for behold
there was a man's jaw with a great beard caught securely on the
hook.

At once they all went ashore and gathered all the people in
the Chief's house to ask what this could mean. Hooyah also made
his way out of the deep water, for he was in great pain because
his jaw had broker off.

Soon he followed the people and found them all sitting in
the Chief's house looking at the great jaw with its long beard
still hanging from the halibut hook. So he went in and sat
down at the end of the line. The great jaw was being handed
round so that all might see it. After a little while Hooyah
held his blanket over his mouth to cover his lost jaw, stretched
out his hand and said; "Give it to me; let me look at it too."
He took the jaw in his hand, turned it over and over, examining
it, and said: "Oh this is a wonder." Then he made the people
suddenly forget for what they were gathered there. Instantly he
put his jaw back in its place, quickly got up, swiftly put on his
Raven dress and flew off through the smoke-hole of the Chief's
house.

Then all the people knew who he was. "That is Raven, that
is Hooyah," they cried, "cheating us again." But Hooyah was con-
tent. His jaw was well again. He had had a good meal. He cared
nothing for the mean trick he had played upon the hardworking
fishermen by gobbling up their bait.

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