One day a man with his faithful dog went to the mountains to hunt. He saw a deer. He threw his spear and pierced the deer’s body but he did not fall. Instead, he ran and plunged into a hole in the ground. The man and his dog followed. They entered into a large spacious room. He found a small tree on which berries grew. Astonished at finding anything growing below the ground, he broke off a branch and as he did so the shrub began to talk to him. Terrified, the man ran away and a moment later he found himself on the banks of River Abra with the dead deer at his feet.
When he examined the broken branch in his hand, he was amazed to see that the berries were agate beads. Carrying the deer on his back, he hastened home and told his wonderful story. A number of men returned with him to secure the tree. Their quest, however, was unsuccessful, for when they reached the spot, the evil spirit had taken the tree away and on the walls of the cave it had made strange carvings which can be seen even today.
