THERE ONCE WAS A MAN AND HIS WIFE THAT LIVED AWAY FROM THEIR TRIBE, QUIETLY AND PEACEFULLY. THE WIFE USED TO GO HUNTING WITH HER HUSBAND, BUT FOUND THAT SHE HAD SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES, SHE WAS OBLIGED TO STAY HOME.
ONE DAY, THE WIFE FELL ILL. HER CONDITION BECAME WORSE AND WORSE, UNTIL SHE DIED.
TO EASE HIS GREIF, THE MAN MADE A DOLL THAT RESEMBLED HIS WIFE.
DAYS LATER, WHEN THE HUSBAND RETURNED FROM HUNTING , HE SAW THAT THE DOLL HAD COME TO LIFE. THERE SHE WAS, TENDING TO THE FIRE. THE DOLL EXPLAINED THAT THE GREAT SPIRIT HAD FELT SORRY FOR THE MAN AND THAT HE COULD NOT BE COMFORTED.
SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE REALM OF THE LIVING AS LONG AS THE MAN DIDN’T TOUCH HER UNTIL THEY WERE IN SIGHT OF THEIR PEOPLE. TIME PASSED, AND THE HUSBAND FINALLY DECIDED TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO THEIR PEOPLE, AND OFF THEY WENT.
TWO DAYS INTO THE JOURNEY, IT SNOWED. THE COUPLE SOON BECAME WEARY AND EAGER TO REST, AND SO THEY STOPPED. THE MAN REACHED HIS ARMS OUT TO THE WIFE, AND SHE WARNED HIM ONCE MORE THAT SHE WOULD TRUELY DIE IF HE TOUCHED HER BEFORE THEY WERE IN THE SIGHT OF THEIR PEOPLE, BUT THE HUSBAND DIDN’T LISTEN. HE REACHED TO EMBRACE HER, AND FOUND HIMSELF HOLDING A WOODEN DOLL IN HIS ARMS.
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