48. What shall the little ones take for a personal name?
49. Noⁿ´-mi-tse-xi, Beloved-child-of-the-sun,
50. The little ones shall take for a name, as they travel the path
of life.
51. When they take this for a personal name,
52. They shall always live to see old age, as they travel the path
of life.
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53. What shall the little ones take for a personal name?
54. Iⁿ-shta´-sha-be, Dark-eyes,
55. The little ones shall take for a name, as they travel the path
of life.
56. When, they take this for a personal name,
57. They shall always live to see old age, as they travel the path
of life.
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58. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house,
59. They spake to one another, saying: O, younger brothers,
60. The little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies,
61. They went forth with hurrying footsteps,
62. To the soft stone that sitteth upon the earth.
63. Verily, at that time,
64. They spake to him, saying: O, my grandfather,
65. The little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies.
66. The soft stone replied: O, little ones,
67. You say your little ones have nothing of which to make their
bodies.
68. The little ones shall make of me their bodies.
69. Verily, at that time and place,
70. He spake further, saying: When the little ones become ill and
fretful,
71. They shall cling to me as one who can produce the heat by which
they can be purified.
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72. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house,
73. They spake to one another, saying: Give heed, my younger
brothers,
74. You will go forth to make further search,
75. Then, even as these words were spoken, they hastened
76. To the friable stone,
77. And, standing close to him,
78. Spake, saying: O, grandfather, the little ones have nothing of
which to make their bodies.
79. The friable stone replied: O, my little ones,
80. You say the little ones have nothing of which to make their
bodies.
81. The little ones shall make of me their bodies.
82. When they make of me their bodies,
83. They shall cling to me as one who can produce the heat by which
their bodies can be purified.
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