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the people, he went under the house to the chickens' place. The 

 people said to themselves, "We will put a fish trap there, because Sayen 

 after fighting goes in the chicken coop." They put a trap under the 

 house by the coop. Sayen came in the town again to fight. After 

 fighting he went under the house and he went into the trap, and the 

 people caught and killed him. 



This all happened not very long ago. 



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In the old times Malllipeng was walking along the trail in the woods 

 when he heard the alan 1 in the trees. He laid down on his face as if 

 dead and the alan who saw him began to wail, for they thought he was 

 dead. When they brought gold and beads to place on him, he sprang 

 up and drove them away. "Give us the one bead which is nagaba, or 

 we will burn your house," said the alan. The man refused. When he 

 reached home his house was burned, but he still had the bead. 



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Two men went to hunt wild pig. They killed one, but had no fire 

 to singe it, so one man climbed a tree to see if he could see where was a 

 fire. He saw a little fire at a distance and went to get it. When he got 

 where the fire was, he saw it was in the house of an alan. He was very 

 much afraid, but he went up and saw the alan, who had a baby, was 

 asleep. He walked very quietly, but the alan woke up and said, "What 

 do you want?" "I want fire, for we have killed a little wild pig." 

 "Do not say little pig, but larger," said the alan. "Larger," said the 

 man, for he was afraid. "Do not say larger, but big," said alan. 

 "Big." "Do not say big, but very big," said the alan. "Very big," 

 said the man. Then the alan gave him the fire, and she took her big 

 basket and went with him to where the pig was. They singed the pig, 

 and the alan cut it up with her nails. Then she gave the liver to the 

 man, and told him to take it to her house and feed the baby. The man 

 went, but on the way he ate the liver. When he got to the house, he 

 saw a big caldron with hot water on the fire. He took the alan's baby 

 and put it in the hot water and then went back. "Did the baby eat 

 well?" asked the alan. "Very well," he answered. Then the alan 

 put most of the meat in her basket and started home. The man told 

 his companion what he had done and they were both very much afraid; 

 so they ran to hide. 



When the alan got home, she saw the baby dead in the water. 



1 See p. 14. 



