--- title: A Bluejay Story — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · full text with trees description: A Bluejay Story, «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: At Sea Side lived many people—a big village. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/) / A Bluejay Story # A Bluejay Story A Bluejay Story of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell: the whole text, 206 sentences and 2954 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/page/2/) At Sea Side lived many people—a big village.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Their houses were on the bank, and, below, the wide beach sloped down to the salt water.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Under the bank the canoes rested on the beach above high-water mark.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Beyond was the sea.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") One day the Chief of the village died.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He had one son, a big boy just growing up to be a man.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") It was winter, and the people had hardly anything to eat.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") They looked along the beach for food cast up by the sea, but they could find nothing.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") They were hungry, and did not know what they should do.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Mussels and roots were their only food.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") One day a hunter said to the men: “Everybody get ready; let us go out to sea.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Perhaps there we may find something to eat; even if we kill nothing, we can at least gather mussels.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") So all the men got ready, and they started out to sea in two canoes.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") After they had gone some distance they came to a small island, and saw there some sea-lions, and the hunter speared one, and it jumped out to the water and swam strongly, and then it died and floated on the water.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") They dragged it up on the shore near by, and Bluejay said, “We will boil it here.”[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") So they made a fire there and singed it and cut it up and boiled it.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Bluejay said: “Let us eat it here.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Let us eat all of it, and not take any of it home with us.”[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") So these people ate there.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The Raven wished to take home some of the meat to give to persons who were hungry, and hid a piece in his mat and carried it to the canoe, but Bluejay ran down and took the meat and threw it into the fire and burned it.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") After they had eaten all they wanted, they made ready to go home.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") They gathered mussels, large and small.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") In the evening they came to the village, and Bluejay called out to his wife, “Stikuá, come and get your mussels.”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") There was a noise of many feet as Stikuá and the other women came running down to get their mussels, and carried them up to the houses.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The Raven took care of the Chief’s son.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") That night the boy said to him, “To-morrow I want to go with you.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said: “What are you going to do?[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") The waves will carry you away.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") You will be washed away.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") I was almost washed away.”[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Early the next morning the men made ready to go hunting again.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") They went down to the beach and got into the canoes, and the boy also went down to the beach.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") He intended to go with them, and as they were pushing off he tried to get into one of the canoes.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said to him: “Go up to the houses.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") Go up to the houses.”[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy went, as he had been told, but he felt very sorry, and then Bluejay said, “Quick, let us leave him.”[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") The people began to paddle.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") At length they reached the land where they had been the day before.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") It was a rocky island.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunter went ashore and speared a sea-lion.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") They hauled it to the shore and pulled it up on land, and then pulled it up away from the beach.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said, “We will eat it all here, or else our Chief’s son will always be wanting to come with us.”[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") So now they singed the sea-lion, and cut it up and boiled it there.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, when what they were cooking was ready, they ate plenty.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") The Raven tried to save one piece of the meat.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") He tied it in his hair, intending to hide it, but Bluejay took it out and threw it into the fire and burned it.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") When they started home they gathered mussels, and at evening they got home.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") Before they landed, Bluejay called out loud, “Come, Stikuá, and get your mussels.”[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") There was a noise of feet running, and Stikuá and her children came running to the beach with all the other women.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they carried the mussels up to the houses.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said to the men who had been with him, “Do not tell the Chief’s son, any of you, for if you do he will always go with us.”[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") That night the boy said, “To-morrow I am going with you”; and Bluejay said to him: “What are you going to do?[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") You may drift away.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") You may be overwhelmed by the waves.”[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy said, “I will go with you.”[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") On the third morning they rose early and went to the beach, and the boy also went to the beach, and took hold of the side of the canoe to get in.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said: “What are you doing here?[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") Go to the houses.”[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy cried, but he went back.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Bluejay said to the others, “Quick, paddle; we will leave him behind.”[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the people paddled away.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") At length they arrived at the rock of the sea-lions, and the hunter went ashore.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") He speared a large sea-lion, and pretty soon it floated dead on the water.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") They pulled it in to the shore and up on the beach, and then they hauled it up above the beach and singed and cut it up and boiled it there.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") When it was done they ate, and Bluejay said: “We will eat it all.[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") We will not tell any one, for fear that our Chief’s son should want to come with us.”[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") After all had eaten enough, a little meat was still left.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") The Raven tried to hide a piece of it.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") He tied it to his leg and put a bandage over it, and said that his leg was broken.[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay burned all the meat that was left over.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") He said to the Raven, “I want to see your leg.”[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") He seized the Raven’s leg and untied it, and found the piece of meat that the Raven had tied to it and burned it.[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") Towards evening they gathered mussels, and then they went home.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") When they were nearly at their home Bluejay called out, “Stikuá, your mussels.”[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") There was a noise of feet, and Stikuá and the women ran to the beach.[75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") They carried the mussels up from the beach and ate mussels all night.[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy said, “To-morrow, I think, I shall surely go along with you.”[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said to him: “What are you going to do?[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") You will drift away.[79](79/ "tree and pragmatics") I should have drifted away twice if I had not caught hold of the canoe.”[80](80/ "tree and pragmatics") Early the next morning they made themselves ready, and the boy got up and made himself ready.[81](81/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the people hauled their canoes down to the water and got into them.[82](82/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy tried to get into a canoe too, but Bluejay took hold of him and threw him into the water.[83](83/ "tree and pragmatics") He stood in the water up to his waist.[84](84/ "tree and pragmatics") He took hold of the side of the canoe, but Bluejay hit his hands to make him let go.[85](85/ "tree and pragmatics") For a long time he held on, and cried and cried, but at last he let go and went up to the house.[86](86/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Bluejay and the other people paddled away.[87](87/ "tree and pragmatics") After a while they reached the rock where the sea-lions lived, and the hunter went ashore and speared a sea-lion, and it jumped into the water and soon floated there dead.[88](88/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they towed it to the beach and pulled it up and singed it, and cut it up and boiled it.[89](89/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay said, “We will eat it here.”[90](90/ "tree and pragmatics") They ate for a long time and ate half of it, and then they were satisfied.[91](91/ "tree and pragmatics") They were so full that they went to sleep.[92](92/ "tree and pragmatics") After a while Bluejay awoke and burned all the meat that was left.[93](93/ "tree and pragmatics") Towards evening they gathered mussels and then started home.[94](94/ "tree and pragmatics") When they were near the shore, Bluejay called out to his wife, “Come and get your mussels, Stikuá,” and they heard the noise of feet running down to the shore.[95](95/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they carried up the mussels from the beach.[96](96/ "tree and pragmatics") That night the boy said, “To-morrow I shall go with you”; and Bluejay said to him: “What are you going to do?[97](97/ "tree and pragmatics") We may be thrown into the water and you may drown.”[98](98/ "tree and pragmatics") Early the next morning the men made ready to start.[99](99/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy also got up and made himself ready.[100](100/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Bluejay and the people hauled the canoes down to the water and got into them.[101](101/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy tried to get into the canoe, but Bluejay threw him into the water, and they pushed off.[102](102/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy caught hold of the side of the canoe and held it.[103](103/ "tree and pragmatics") He stood there in the water up to his armpits, and tried to get into the canoe, but Bluejay hit his hands and made him let go.[104](104/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy cried and cried.[105](105/ "tree and pragmatics") Bluejay and the people paddled away.[106](106/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/page/2/) - ← previous: [The Bluejay Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/3/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/)