"Every day, when Selu got ready to cook the dinner, she would go out to the provision-house with a basket, and bring it back full of corn and beans. The boys had never been inside the provision-house, and wondered where all the corn and beans could come from, as the house was not a very large one ; so, as soon as Selu went out of the door, the wild boy said to his brother, " Let's go and see what she does." They ran around and climbed up at the back of the provision-house, and pulled out a piece of clay from between the logs, so that they could look in. There they saw Selu standing in the middle of the room, with the basket in front of her on the floor. Leaning over the basket, she rubbed her stomach — so — and the basket was half-full of corn. Then she rubbed under her arm-pits — so — and the basket was full to the top with beans."
(Taken from James Mooney's "Myths of the Cherokees)
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