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the tree. There he kept her, and whenever he went out, he left her inside and frightened her by 

 saying, „Suppose \ou run awaj', I speak along shark, he come eut you, fish he go kaikai you." 



The othcr women were looking in vain for the girl: „Where that girl? I think he been 

 go home." On arriving home they asked the people, „No come that girl?" „No," the people 

 said, „I think he stop along sand-beach. Where you fellovv leave him?" „Me fellow leave him 

 along road." The father and mother of the girl began to wail saying, „I think snake kaikai him. 

 You me (\ve) no savy, I think he lose road now some \\a\'." 



In the morning they all came to search for the girl, but could not find her, and at night- 

 lall they had to return. The girl was nowhere to be found, and the people held a mourning 

 teast as after a death. The girl's father and mother vvailed for her day and night. 



The womnn inside the tree feit very unhappy. „I no like that man," shi thought of 

 (llep.ido, „what kind ear he got!" Gradually her own ears grevv to the same size, and like the 

 man, she u.sed to sleep between them. „Me all same him," she said, looking at her ears, „he 

 been gi\e me same kind ear." ''' She feit sad at the thought of her home and parents, and was 

 seized with hatred for Glep.ido. 



Once (jlepâdo went to catch fish and left his wife alone in the tree. She was longing 

 to get home, so she ehewed a certain leaf and spat the juice at the tree. This eaused the 

 door to open, and she lan away. 



Glepädo eut up the fish he had caught and put them in the sun to dry, W'hen he came 

 home, he saw what had happcned, „My word where my woman? He been run away?" 



The girl returned to her home and was received with great joy by her parents, ,,0h, 

 girl belong me he come now!" The girl said, „Oh, I think, mother, father, j'ou make big house, 

 water no can mo\e him. By and by that man sing out water, sing out fish." The people took 

 her advice and built a strong, large house. -^ 



Glepâdo followed the girl to her place and found the house. He called out, „Water, you 

 come!" And the sea came rushing in, bringing many sharks and other fish. The people were 

 in the house, and the water and sharks tried to break it down. The terrified inmates threw out 

 a dog to the sharks, but they did not care for that kind of prey. ^* Then the girl's father said, 

 „You want I ehuck away my girl, by and by (otherwise) shark eut all me fellow." „You chuck 

 away me," the girl said, „by and by shark kaikai you fellow." So they ihrew her out, and in 

 a twinkle she was torn to pièces by the sharks and other fish. 



Glepâdo returned to his place on the shore. (Giii, di'rimo). 



A. A girl had once been carried off by an oroniiom (cf. Inlroductlon to no. 102), who kept 



her inside a näbea tree. She wanled to get out and scraped at the tree with a shell, trying to make 



a hole. AU the time she was singing to herself, 



„Oll, poriki poriki siiva geincde gemede gimo diibunive. — I want open him door." 



The oronirora did not gi\-e her any food. At last she eut Ihrough the tree and came out, and 



she was all skin and bone. Her mother and father received her, weeping at her pitiful plight. They 



carried her to the water and washed her. (Mamatüa, Sümai). 



164. At Nakeddrimo a woman who was very beautifül once remained alone in the village, 

 and at the samc time a male ôboûbi (cf. no. 1.32) came up froiii the water. Although he looked 

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