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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 123 



Two Girls Leave Home and Get Married 

 (667) 



The girl Lang arose to go as a bride in an- 

 other family. 

 The girl Sang arose and went to be a servile 



daughter-in-law. 

 The old cows wanted the girl Lang to look 



after them, and on the other hand to look 



after the old horses. 

 They also wanted the girl Sang to look after 



them. 

 The girl Lang wept tears one day. 

 The mother asked, "Why is my girl Lang 



crying.?" 

 The girl Lang said, "The girl Lang has no 



inheritance." 

 The girl Sang said, "The girl Sang has no 



horses (inheritance)." 

 The mother opened her mouth. "My girl 



Lang need not cry. The inheritance of the 



girl Lang is clothing. The inheritance of 



the girl Sang is also clothing." 

 This discouraged the girl Lang's heart. 

 The girl Lang ceased work three days. 

 She did not feed salt to her mother's cow. 

 The girl Sang ceased work three days and did 



not feed grass to her father's cow. 

 The girl Lang arose and went to become a 



daughter-in-law in another family. 

 And did not come back for a whole year. 

 The girl Sang went and did not return for 



an entire year. 

 The girl Lang left the girl Lang's mother. 

 The mother of the girl Lang was as dry as a 



ma tree. 

 The girl Sang left the girl Sang's father, who 



was as dry as a hollow stalk of a palm tree. 

 It discouraged the heart of the mother so that 



she ceased work three years. 

 It discouraged the father's heart so that he 



ceased work three years and did not plow 



with the cow. 



t/9' ma-' To-" 



Not have inheritance 



