The Turkey Herd by Elsie Clews Parsons––––––––
Long ago at Kyakima lived a girl who spent all her time herding turkeys. She never did anything for her sisters. Nobody would comb her hair. It was all in a snarl. Her sisters would tell her to cook. They would say, "Why do you so love the turkeys?" She did not answer. After her sisters had cooked, she would take the bread and go out and tend the turkeys.
At Matsaki they were dancing lapalehakya.
They were dancing for the third time, when the turkey girl said, "Younger sisters!"
The turkeys said, "What?"
The girl said, "I want to go and see the dance."
The turkeys said, "You are too dirty to go."
She repeated, "I want to go." The turkeys said, "Let us eat the lice out of her hair!"
Then each ate lice from her hair.
Then an elder-siste
