Long ago, the squirrel was huge, and walked all
over the place, in the valleys, in the woods, and the big forests,
looking for smaller creatures to eat. He would eat all kinds of
animals, even snakes.
Suddenly one evening he saw a two-legged creature running along. So he
ran after that two-legged creature, and finally he caught that person,
and when he snatched him up he began to tear him to pieces. Finally he
ate that person all up except for the person's hand which the giant
squirrel was carrying in his hand.
While he was still busy chewing, all at once this person, an enormous
person, was standing nearby. That person had a very white light
shining and shimmering all around him, and when he said anything he
roared like thunder and the earth shook and the trees fell down. He
was the Creator.
The Creator said to the squirrel, "Now, truly you have done a very
terrible deed. You have killed my child. Now, from this time on it is
you who will be little and your children and your great grandchildren
will be eaten, and the shameful thing you did will always be seen (by
a mark) under your forearm." Oh, the squirrel was scared, and he
trembled with fear. He wanted to hide the man's hand, and he placed it
under his upper arm. This story must be true because for a long time I
have cut up and cooked many squirrels, and I have seen the hand under
the squirrel's upper arm. We always cut that piece out before cooking
the squirrel.
