Atondido Stories
the jaguar said to Mrs. Skunk.
"All right," said the skunk, and ate the meat.
"I'm full," she said.
"It's good that you're satisfied. I've seen that you are, so I'll be
leaving now," said Mr. Jaguar to Mrs. Skunk. And so he left.
After the jaguar left, the little skunk stayed with his mother.
When they ran out of meat, Mrs. Skunk said to her son: Dear,
our meat is all gone."
"Yes, the meat is all gone. I better go and get us some more
food," said the little skunk.
"How can you, son? Do you think you're big enough? You're
very small. Don't you think you'll be killed?" asked Mrs. Skunk.
"No, mother, I already know how to hunt, my godfather
taught me how," replied the little skunk.
"I'm leaving now." He left, and Mrs. Skunk was very worried.
Her son came once more to the river, the place to which he had
come with his godfather to get the meat.
"This is how my godfather did it. Why shouldn't I be able to
do the same thing?" said the little skunk.
"This is how you sharpen a knife," said the little skunk. He
sharpened his "knife."
"This is the way my godfather did it. I'm not going to hunt
the little animals, I'm just going to hunt the one with the great
big antlers.
I'm going to hunt one for myself just like the one I ate with
my godfather. I have my knife here and I'm going to sleep for a
little while." The little skunk lay down to sleep, but then he
awakened. He was waiting for the one with the big antlers, and
when he came, he attacked him, thinking he was as strong as his
godfather. But he just hung from the neck of the one with big
antlers. His claws had dug into his skin. He was hanging from
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