“You do not meddle with the property of others,” said the young man.  “What is your name, and where are you going?” Scarface told him.  Then said the young man, “My name is Early Riser (the morning star).  The Sun is my father.  Come, I will take you to our lodge.  My father is not at home now, but he will return at night.”

At length they came to the lodge.  It was large and handsome, and on it were painted strange medicine animals.  On a tripod behind the lodge were the Sun’s weapons and his war clothing.  Scarface was ashamed to go into the lodge, but Morning Star said, “Friend, do not be afraid; we are glad you have come.”

When they went in a woman was sitting there, the Moon, the Sun’s wife and the mother of Morning Star.  She spoke to Scarface kindly and gave him food to eat, and when he had eaten she asked, “Why have you come so far from your people?”

So Scarface told her about the beautiful girl that he wished to marry and said, “She belongs to the Sun.  I have come to ask him for her.”

When it was almost night, and time for the Sun to come home, the Moon hid Scarface under a pile of robes.  As soon as the Sun got to the doorway he said, “A strange person is here.”

“Yes, father,” said Morning Star, “a young man has come to see you.  He is a good young man, for he found some of my things in the trail and did not touch them.”

Scarface came out from under the robes and the Sun entered the lodge and sat down.  He spoke to Scarface and said, “I am glad you have come to our lodge.  Stay with us as long as you like.  Sometimes my son is lonely.  Be his friend.”

The next day the two young men were talking about going hunting and the Moon spoke to Scarface and said, “Go with my son where you like, but do not hunt near that big water.  Do not let him go there.  That is the home of great birds with long, sharp bills.  They kill people.  I have had many sons, but these birds have killed them all.  Only Morning Star is left.”

Scarface stayed a long time in the Sun’s lodge, and every day went hunting with Morning Star.  One day they came near the water and saw the big birds.

“Come on,” said Morning Star, “let us go and kill those birds.”

“No, no,” said Scarface, “we must not go there.  Those are terrible birds; they will kill us.”

Morning Star would not listen.  He ran toward the water and Scarface ran after him, for he knew that he must kill the birds and save the boy’s life.  He ran ahead of Morning Star and met the birds, which were coming to fight, and killed every one of them with his spear; not one was left.  The young men cut off the heads of the birds and carried them home, and when Morning Star’s mother heard what they had done, and they showed her the birds’ heads, she was glad.  She cried over the two young men and called Scarface “My son,” and when the Sun came home at night she told him about it, and he too was glad.