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CHARACTERS / Blaiwas Eagle / Gäk Crow / Gapni Louse / Kāhkaas Stork / Kaiutois Wolf / Kaltsik Spider / Kéis Rattlesnake / Kékina Lizard / Kówe Frog / Kûlta Otter / Leméis Thunder / Lok Bear / Moi Squirrel / Näníhläs Bat / Skóŭks Woodtick / Súbbas Sun / Sukas / Tcûskai Weasel / Tskel Mink / Tusasás Skunk / Wŏn Elk
Two brothers, Tskel and Tcûskai, lived together not far from Klamath Lake. Tskel's wife was Skóŭks. Tcûskai was a little fellow. One day when Skóŭks was outside cooking deer meat and was blowing the fire to make it burn, she saw Tcûskai watching her; that made her mad and she threw the meat into the fire. Tskel hit Tcûskai and told him to stay in the house when Skóŭks was cooking; then he said to Skóŭks: "Cook more meat; Tcûskai and I are going to the mountain to hunt for deer. If I kill a big deer, we will camp and stay all night. " Tskel never killed a deer; no matter how many he saw, he always let them get away.