'_Ya_, of course, and it means river too--like Wagai-_ya_--the Wagai river.' 'What is bad water that gives you fever if you drink it--black water--swamp-water?' '_Yo_, of course.' 'Now look,' said her Daddy. 'S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool in the beaver-swamp?' And he drew this. (8.) [Illustration: 8] 'Carp-tail and round egg. Two noises mixed! _Yo_, bad water,' said Taffy. ''Course I wouldn't drink that water because I'd know you said it was bad.' 'But I needn't be near the water at all. I might be miles away, hunting, and still----' 'And _still_ it would be just the same as if you stood there and said, "G'way, Taffy, or you'll get fever." All that in a carp-fish-tail and a round egg! O Daddy, we must tell Mummy, quick!' and Taffy danced all round him. 'Not yet,' said Tegumai; 'not till we've gone a little further. Let's see. _Yo_ is bad water, but _so_ is food cooked on the fire, isn't it?' And he drew this. (9.) [Illustration: 9] 'Yes. Snake and egg,' said Taffy 'So that means dinner's ready. If you saw that scratched on a tree you'd know it was time to come to the Cave. So'd I.' 'My Winkie!' said Tegumai. 'That's true too. But wait a minute. I see a difficulty. _So_ means "come and have dinner," but _sho_ means the drying-poles where we hang our hides.' 'Horrid old drying-poles!' said Taffy. 'I hate helping to hang heavy, hot, hairy hides on them. If you drew the snake and egg, and I thought it meant dinner, and I came in from the wood and found that it meant I was to help Mummy hang the two hides on the drying-poles, what _would_ I do?' 'You'd be cross. So'd Mummy. We must make a new picture for _sho_. We must draw a spotty snake that hisses _sh-sh_, and we'll play that the plain snake only hisses _ssss_.' 'I couldn't be sure how to put in the spots,' said Taffy. 'And p'raps if _you_ were in a hurry you might leave them out, and I'd think it was _so_ when it was _sho_, and then Mummy would catch me just the same. _No!_ I think we'd better draw a picture of the horrid high drying-poles their very selves, and make _quite_ sure. I'll put them in just after the hissy-snake. Look!' And she drew this. (10.) [Illustration: 10] 'P'raps that's safest. It's very like our drying-poles, anyhow,' said her Daddy, laughing. 'Now I'll make a new noise with a snake and drying-pole sound in it. I'll say _shi_. That's Tegumai for spear, Taffy.' And he laughed. 'Don't make fun of me,' said Taffy, as she thought of her picture-letter and the mud in the Stranger-man's hair. '_You_ draw it, Daddy.' 'We won't have beavers or hills this time, eh?' said her Daddy. 'I'll just draw a straight line for my spear.' and he drew this, (11.) [Illustration: 11] 'Even Mummy couldn't mistake that for me being killed.' '_Please_ don't, Daddy. It makes me uncomfy. Do some more noises. We're getting on beautifully.' 'Er-hm!' said Tegumai, looking up. 'We'll say _shu_. That means sky.'