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"Weget wanted to be feasted like a great chief. So he fashioned himself regalia of cedar,moss, and fishbones, and breathed life into a wooden slave.'Now Slave,'said Weget, 'What do you see?'-'I see a big man,dressed in moss and cedar with fishbones on his head'. Weget was furious. He had breathed too much of himself into the slave. He created another slave, much better behaved, and made a grand entrance into the village. The villagers prepared a feast for him, and begin to serve the dishes. - 'My master is simple man', announced Slave to the gathering. 'He will accept only what is left after everyone else has had their fill'. - To save face, Weget suffered hungry throughout the long meal, while Slave ate and ate. (the trickster could not create a being less tricky than himself.)"