[1]This refers to the universal belief that hunters are able to render themselves
invisible, in moments of danger, by the operation of charms and witchcraft.
How Sense Was Distributed
In the beginning not one of all the beasts of the forest was endowed with sense:
when they saw a hunter come to them intending to kill them, they stood and
looked at the hunter, and so the hunter killed them; day after day he killed them.
Then our Lord sent one who put all the sense into a bag, tied it, carried it, and
put it down under a large tree.
The Weasel saw the man put the bag down, and afterward went, called the
Hare, and said to him:
"Brother Hare, I saw a man put something down under a tree, but as I went to
take it, I could not; so let us go and if thou wilt take it I will show it to thee that
thou mayest do so."
When the Weasel and the Hare had gone together to where the bag was, the
Weasel said to the Hare, "Behold, here is the thing which I could not take and for
which I called thee here."
But as the Hare went and attempted to take it, he could not, so he left it and went
away.
When he was gone the Weasel went again to take hold of the bag, but as he
attempted to take it, it was too heavy; so the Weasel did not know what to do.
Then came a Pigeon, who sat upon a tree, and said something to the Weasel. The
Weasel heard it say: "Lean it over and take it." And again, "Bend it and take it."
As soon as he had heard this, he dragged the bag along and thus brought it and
leaned it against a tree, and caused it to stand in an inclined position; then having
gone to the bottom of it, he bowed down, put his head to the bag, and as he drew
the bag toward him it went upon his head; this being done, he pressed himself
upon the ground, rose up and stood there. After this he went his way home, and
on putting the bag down upon the ground and untying it, the Weasel saw that
there was no other thing in the bag, but pure sense.