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Atondido Stories of night that his daughter may not die here amid the sunlight of our earth land." The three slaves set forth for the kingdom of the GREAT SEA SERPENT. After a long dangerous journey they arrived at his home in the depths of the seas and asked him to give them some of the shadows of night to carry back to the earth land. The GREAT SEA SERPENT gave them a big bag full at once. It was securely fastened and the GREAT SEA SERPENT warned them not to open it until they were once more in the presence of his daughter, their mistress. The three slaves started out, bearing the big bag full of night upon their heads. Soon they heard strange sounds within the bag. It was the sound of the voices of all the night beasts, all the night birds, and all the night insects. If you have ever heard the night chorus from the jungles on the banks of the rivers you will know how it sounded. The three slaves had never heard sounds like those in all their lives. They were terribly frightened. "Let us drop the bag full of night right here where we are and run away as fast as we can," said the first slave. "We shall perish. We shall perish, anyway, whatever we do," cried the second slave. "Whether we perish or not I am going to open the bag and see what makes all those terrible sounds," said the third slave. Accordingly they laid the bag on the ground and opened it. Out rushed all the night beasts and all the night birds and all the night insects and out rushed the great black cloud of night. The slaves were more frightened than ever at the darkness and es- caped to the jungle. The daughter of the GREAT SEA SERPENT was waiting anx- iously for the return of the slaves with the bag full of night. Ever since they had started out on their journey she had looked for 116