The Folk-Talcs of lite Kiivai Papiians. 



L'41 



In her absence Due cleaned the house, prepared some food, and ate. Then he took his 

 basket and bow and arrows and went to a large tree called mcpa which was growing close to 

 the house. He chewèd some „medicine", and spät it at the tree, and a large hole opened in the 

 trunk. Due placed his weapons and other things in the hole and went in himself, and the tree 

 closed behind him. 



After a while Mugi'ma returned from the garden and called out, „Due, where you stop?" 

 She did not see him anywhere and wondered „Where he go?" Due opened the hole in the tree 

 and said to her, ^" „More better you .stop, I stop hère. Ail time you talk. Jesânga been kill my 

 girl." .And he closed up the tree again. 



Mugi'ma began to cr}-. She was sorry for Due and for the girl. .After a while she thought, 

 „W'hat's way I do?" She thought and thought and at last made up a plan. She fetched food 

 from the garden which she baked and ate. W'hen she had fînished, sho puUed up a banana-shoot 

 and carried it to the water-hole. She plunged into the water, where she remained, and planted 

 the banana down at the bottom. One day she said to Dde, „^'ou stop along tree, I stop inside 

 along water-hole." 



.And there the\' remain to this daw (Tâniba, Dji'liu). 



THE OLD HAG WHO KILLED AND ATE OTHER WOMEN. ^"- 



155. A certain bad old woman who lived at 

 Läugi'de once invited the people from many places 

 to come and dance. She entertained them with 

 plenty of food and drink. One of the women wanted 

 to relieve herseif, and the old hag showed her to 

 a certain large tree where she had fixed up an 

 aiTov\' in such a position that the woman was 

 speared to death nn it'. No one knew what had 

 happened. The old Laugide hag heard when the 

 woman feil and ran to the place. „Oh, \'ery fat 

 woman!" she called out, „I kaikai by and by." The 

 dance went on, and the people sang, 



„Dadia gira biirsu biirsu niiiaglre wi/se ;L'Hs,'na. 

 — Vou me (we) go dance now, all woman, make 

 dance along sticl< (they hold long sticks in their 

 hands)." 



In the morning the guests all parted. W'hen 

 they had gone, the old woman cooked and ate her 

 victim, and then she feil into a heavy sleep. 



After some time she again wanted to eat 

 someone and held a great dance to which she invited many people. Another woman was killed in the 

 same way as the first one, and the hag ate her. She had th_' power to make the sun accelerate 

 N:o 1. :il 



An old woman. 



