There
was a man who never slept in his house.
he always lay at the edge of his smoke-hole.
Therefore he grew exceedingly strong.
When he went to gather firewood, he pulled out a whole
tree and carried it home on his shoulder.
In the evening, when he had eaten, he went up and lay
down at the edge of the smoke-hole. He never lay down in his house. Therefore his name was Smoke-hole. Nobody could carry what he was able to carry.
He always carried firewood on his shoulders.
He carried who trees on his shoulders.
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