But now I must go , for I have much work to do . ' Then he set out for his home . It took him many days to get there , and when he saw his son sitting in his place his anger was kindled , and his heart was stirred to take vengeance upon him . So he went out quickly into the forest and shed tears , and each tear became a bird . ` Stay there till I want you , ' said he ; and he returned to the hut . ' I saw some pretty new birds , high up in a tree yonder , ' he remarked . And the son answered : ` Show me the way and I will get them for dinner . ' The two went out together , and after walking for about half an hour they old man stopped . ` That is the tree , ' he said . And the son began to climb it . Now a strange thing happened . The higher the young man climbed the higher the birds seemed to be , and when he looked down the earth below appeared no bigger than a star . Sill he tried to go back , but he could not , and though he could not see the birds any longer he felt as if something were dragging him up and up . He thought that he had been climbing that tree for days , and perhaps he had , for suddenly a beautiful country , yellow with fields of maize , stretched before him , and he gladly left the top of the tree and entered it . He walked through the maize without knowing where he was going , when he heard a sound of knocking , and saw two old blind women crushing their food between two stones . He crept up to them on tiptoe , and when one old woman passed her dinner to the other he held out his hand and took it and ate if for himself . ` How slow you are kneading that cake , ' cried the other old woman at last . ` Why , I have given you your dinner , and what more do you want ? ' replied the second . ` You did n't ; at least I never got it , ' said the other . '
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