42. A woman had a neighbor who everybody said was a witch. One night when she went to sleep with her she could not sleep because she was so frightened. About midnight the witch got up, took out her eyes and put them on a plate, took off her arms and legs and hung them up carefully, and then herself turned into a wolf and went out by the chimney. (In another version the woman goes away, unchanged, riding on a broomstick. Collected by Miss Matilda Allen.) A STORY OF LONG TIME AGO AT ÁCOMA[172] or, The Melons of Discord (Ácoma Pueblo) A long time ago, the people of Ácoma used to live on the mesa below the present village. One day during that time the governor announced to his people that there would be a rabbit hunt on the following day and advised them to get their shoes, clubs, bows, and arrows ready. So early the next morning the whole village, except the governor’s daughter, whom he commanded to stay at home, set out for the hunt. But the daughter did not like to remain behind alone, so shortly after the others had gone, and contrary to her father’s wishes, she followed the party. That afternoon as the villagers were cleaning rabbits for their evening meal, she overtook them and hid behind a rock. A young man coming in late to join the others passed near by and startled her so that she made a movement that betrayed her. “What are you doing?” he asked. “I am trying to get a rabbit out from under this rock,” she answered. Then the young man, who had many rabbits strung around his belt, gave a number of them to the girl and they went together to join the rest of the party. The people were surprised to see that the girl had killed so many rabbits; but her father, the governor, was angry. The hunt lasted four days. After they returned the governor, together with all of the villagers, scolded the daughter for her disobedience and ostracized her. On the following day when everyone was busy preparing to dance a _kachina_ dance in celebration of the success of the hunt, the governor’s daughter ran over to the Zuñi village, four miles to the west of Ácoma, and told the Zuñis that her people were having a dance. She invited them to come and dance too. The Zuñis accepted the invitation and went to Ácoma loaded with melons, colored corn, and some of all of the fruits of their harvest. The Ácomas did not have any real melons. They danced with the melons made of dyed buckskin; and so when the first relay of their dance was over and the Zuñis danced in with their melons, the Ácomas were jealous. They demanded to know why the Zuñis were intruding themselves into their _fiesta_. Angry words followed and the Zuñis returned home enraged.