But the Squaw-who-has-dreams first told the Raven that she hated _When-dee-goo_, the Giant; an' that she should not love the Raven until he had killed _When-dee-goo_.

She knew the Giant was too big an' strong for the Raven to kill with his lance, an' that he must get his powder of the whirlwind; she would watch him an' learn its secret place.

The Raven said he would kill the Giant as the sun went down next day.
"'Then the Squaw-who-has-dreams told the Raven the first of the Story-that-never-ends an' used up one bundle of talk; an' when the story ended for that night, the Squaw-who-has-dreams was saying: "An' so, out of the lake that was red as the sun came a great fish that was green, with yellow wings, an' it walked also with feet, an' it came up to me an' said: "But then she would tell no more that night; nor could the Raven, who was crazy with cur'osity, prevail on her.

"I must now sleep an' dream what the green fish with the yellow wings said," was the reply of the Squaw-who-has-dreams, an' she pretended to slumber.

So the Raven, because he was cur'ous, put off her death.
"'All night she watched, but the Raven did not go to the secret place where he had hidden the powder of the whirlwind.