Reading Notes: The Owl Gets Married, Part B

The Owl Gets Married

A widow has one daughter
She tells her daughter to find a husband who is a good hunter
The daughter promises her mom that she will
A man came along and asked the mom for the daughter
He promised he was kind and a good hunter
The daughter decided she would be with him so he came to live with her
The next morning he said he would go hunting but the decided he wanted to fish instead
He came back that night with only 3 small fish
He said he would try again tomorrow
He came back again late that night and this time had 2 spring lizards that were worthless
He went out again the next day and came back that night with scraps that some hunters had left from a cut up deer
The old woman got suspicious and had her daughter spy on him the next day
The daughter saw her husband change into an owl next to a river
The daughter becomes mad because she married an owl instead of a man
She decided to keep watching him and this time he scooped up one crawfish then turned back into a man and head home
His wife beat him home
When he arrived home she asked him where was all the fish he was supposed to catch
He said he had none because an owl
The woman confronted him and sent him away into the woods
The owl went to the woods and he cried grief and then there was no flesh left on his body besides his head
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