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One day news came to the young men on the hill top, that the valley men were all off on a hunting expedition. At once, without waiting a moment, the poor lonely bachelors plucked up courage. Then, armed with ropes and straps, they marched in a body to the village in the valley below. There, they seized each man a girl, not waiting for any maid to comb her hair, or put on a new frock, or pack up her clothes, or carry any thing out of her home, and made off with her, as fast as one pair of legs could move with another pair on top. ONE DAY NEWS CAME TO THE YOUNG MEN ON THE HILLTOP THAT THE VALLEY MEN WERE ALL OFF ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION AT ONCE WITHOUT WAITING A MOMENT THE POOR LONELY BACHELORS PLUCKED UP COURAGE THEN ARMED WITH ROPES AND STRAPS THEY MARCHED IN A BODY TO THE VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY BELOW THERE THEY SEIZED EACH MAN A GIRL NOT WAITING FOR ANY MAID TO COMB HER HAIR OR PUT ON A NEW FROCK OR PACK UP HER CLOTHES OR CARRY ANYTHING OUT OF HER HOME AND MADE OFF WITH HER AS FAST AS ONE PAIR OF LEGS COULD MOVE WITH ANOTHER PAIR ON TOP
ace a whole day. Her hair was pulled down in disorder, and all the dogs were allowed to bark at her. The girls made fun of the poor thing, while they all rubbed one forefinger over the other, pointed at her and cried, "Fie, for shame!" while the boys called her hard names. If it were known that the young man who wanted a wife had visited a girl in the other tribe, his spear and bow and arrows were taken away from him till the moon was full. The other boys and the girls treated him roughly and called him hard names, but he dare not defend himself and had to suffer patiently. This was all because of the feud between the two tribes. This went on until the maidens in the valley, who were very many, while yet lovely and attractive, became very lonely and miserable; while the young men, all splendid hunters and warriors, multiplied in the hill country. They were wretched in mind, because not one could get a wife, for all the maidens in their own tribe were already engaged, or had been mated. TO A POST IN THE MARKET PLACE A WHOLE DAY HER HAIR WAS PULLED DOWN IN DISORDER AND ALL THE DOGS WERE ALLOWED TO BARK AT HER THE GIRLS MADE FUN OF THE POOR THING WHILE THEY ALL RUBBED ONE FOREFINGER OVER THE OTHER POINTING AT HER AND CRIED FI FOR SHAME WHILE THE BOYS CALLED HER HARD NAMES IF IT WERE KNOWN THAT THE YOUNG MAN WHO WANTED A WIFE HAD VISITED A GIRL IN THE OTHER TRIBE HIS SPEAR AND BOW AND ARROWS WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM TILL THE MOON WAS FULL THE OTHER BOYS AND THE GIRLS TREATED HIM ROUGHLY AND CALLED HIM HARD NAMES BUT HE DARED NOT DEFEND HIMSELF AND HAD TO SUFFER PATIENTLY THIS WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THE FEUD BETWEEN THE TWO TRIBES THIS WENT ON UNTIL THE MAIDENS IN THE VALLEY WHO WERE VERY MANY WHILE YET LOVELY AND ATTRACTIVE BECAME VERY LONELY AND MISERABLE WHILE THE YOUNG MEN ALL SPLENDID HUNTERS AND WARRIORS MULTIPLIED IN THE HILL COUNTRY THEY WERE WRETCHED IN MIND BECAUSE NOT ONE COULD GET A WIFE FOR ALL THE MAIDENS IN THEIR OWN TRIBE WERE ALREADY ENGAGED OR HAD BEEN MATED
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