24 Children of Yayoute

himself. Then, he said aloud to Malice, "This time I want
you to take your straw bag and go to the countryside and
trick somebody out of a bagfull of ouch and bring it back
to me."
 4"You want me to bring you a bag of ouch?" Malice
asked.
 <"Yes, a bag of ouch."
 9"But ouch is nothing. It's only a sound people make
when something hurts them."
 "I know it, but if you want to become a good trickster,
you must obey my command, or you'll be no trickster at all."
 *The whole thing sounded crazy to Malice. But he began
 walking along the mountainside, repeating, "Ouch... ouch...
 Where am I going to find such a thing?"
 -The thought of it gave Malice such a terrible headache
 that he could no longer stand on his feet. So he went into
 the woods to look for a soft spot to lie down. He laid his
 straw bag aside and began to lie down. But when he was
 half way down he jumped and yelled, "Oh, ouch!" in an
 agonized tone. When he looked down he saw that he was
 on a pile of thorny cousin-seeds. He brushed them off his
 trousers and giggled.
 C"Good father God is good, good father God is great.
 Well, by the time I get back to the shop my headache will be
 gone."
 cHe filled his bag with cousin-seeds and went back to
 the boss, who was waiting for him.
 -"I've fooled him, my impertinent apprentice, who
 thinks he can win my trade from me. I knew he'd never
 find that ouch, because there is no such thing that anybody