The Folk-Tales of tlie Kivai Papnans. 191 



After a while Gaméa turned round and saw his vvife in a small hut. „What name (why) 

 you stop here?" he said. „I been come long time (long ago), I got small house." „Come on, you 

 me (we) go back, no good you stop here." The woman brought her mat and they went together. 

 There were many houses and large taro gardens, and the bananas grew in dense groves round 

 the buildings. Many spirits were going about in canoës with old-fashioned sails and others were 

 Walking along the beach. From the top of the hill a strong light was shining like a large moon. 

 Suddenly two cassowaries came running down the hill, and the light emanated from them. The 

 birds sat on the ground and laid two eggs each. Gaméa wanted to take one of the eggs, but 

 his wife said, „No, no, you no take him, by and by he burst. By and bv somebody look that 

 time you take him." So Gaméa left the eggs. 



At this point he woke up and felt sorry that the dream was över. He told the people 

 of his dream, and some men said, „I think by and by south-east time plenty kaikai along Mabu- 

 davane (where the Mawäta people have gardens). You been look devil (spirits), that devil make 

 plenty kaikai along garden. Cassowary lay egg — that good dream that." 



100 (By Gaméa, Mawäta). His two boys had died, and he vvailed for them incessantly. 

 The two spirits saw him whene\ er he went to wail for them on the bur\ing ground, but he did 

 not see them. Once while he was sleeping they came to him and said, „Father, you cry too 

 much. I look you all time, I want go where all devil (spirits) he stop, you cry too much — I 

 no can go." Gaméa woke up and .said to his wife, „I been dream, that two boy belong you he 

 been come, he teil me, 'Me two no can find people, more better you leave cry.'" Gaméa's wife 

 began to weep on hearing this. hut afterwards they ceased their wailing. They did not go and 

 wail on the burying ground, but when they were in their garden or coconut-grove and thought 

 of their boys they wept. (Cf. no. 75). 



101. (By Sdibu, Mawäta). One night a dead man named Kogéa came to Sdibu and 

 said, „You me (we) go coconut-place," and they went together. When they arrived there Kogéa 

 asked Säibu to climb up a tree and fetch down some nuts. Säibu did not want to but yielded at 

 last. When he came down Kogéa wanted him to husk the coconuts, but as Säibu was not wil- 

 ling, he did it himself. He sent Sdibu to a certain tree near by, where he found Kogéa's father 

 Obéra, who was also dead. The two spirits met, and the old man said, „You me (we) kill that 

 man." Obéra attacked Sdibu with a firebrand which he thrust against Sdibu's ehest, while Kogéa 

 tried to stab him with a sharp bone, and the terrified Sdibu feil on his hack striking out with his 

 hands and feet and whining in his dream, „£■ — e — r.'" Suddenly he woke up shrieking loudly, 

 „Ey — ey — ey!'' and everybod}' in the house called out to him, „What's the matter you, Säibu?" 



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