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The girl kept on catching fish, which the monster devoured. At last she noticed that the 

 hlwai-ahérc found it difficult to swallow any more: „Uh, that woman he swallow liim one fish, 

 tail he fast along mouth, he swallow two time. Oh, belly he luU now. Close up I run away." 

 Then she caught a large „rock-fish" and asked the hiivai-abvrc, „Anw, you come help me." „I 

 no can go there," the evil woman replied, ,.I got cold. You catch him self, you strong woman." 

 The girl brought the fish on shore saying. „Arao, you come help me pull," but the hiivai-abac 

 replied, „No, no, I no can go." VVhen the fish was landed, the lilivai-abcre came and seized it. 

 Passing behind the monster the girl put down her fish-trap and ran away. The hiivai-abére was 

 occupied with the fish, and on seeing the trap beside her thought to herself, „Woman stand up 

 there close to." But the girl uas running away at the top of her speed, at last she reached the 

 village, climbed up the ladder of her house, went quickiy to her bed, and lay down. She did 

 not teil any one of her adventure. 



The lilwai-abére, who was eating the „rock-fish", had not noticed anything. When at 

 last she became aware of the girl's flight, she cried out, „Oh. that woman he been run away," 

 and started in pursuit, scenting out the way which the girl had taken. But w hen she came to the 

 ladder of the house, the girl v\-as already inside and the liiivai-abcre could not foUow her thither. 



At dawn, when the wild fowl began to cry out, the people got up. The girl who had 

 run away from the hlwaiabérc, was secretly watching them from her place. Her friend came and 

 called her, Ârao, some people been go finish, you come quick!" The girl pretended to be ill and 

 replied, „I no can go, I got too much cold ail over body," She remained indoors, and was a.sked 

 to look after her frlend's children while the mother went fishing. The people found the tracks of 

 two persons on the beach. „Oh!" they exclaimed, „two women been go hère, he got track! Plenty 

 fish been fly (flounder) hère. Somebody been kill him fish hère." And they asked everybody, 

 „Who woman been go catch fish nighttime.'" One woman had heard the hnvai-abérc calling the 

 girl in the night and told the others so, „That woman, he stop along house, soiiiebody been sing 

 out night-time." They tried to find out who that had been. „You been sing out? \'ou been sing 

 out?" they asked each other, but nobody had called the girl. 



A man coming from the men's house asked the girl who had remained in the village, 

 „What name (why~î you no go catch him' fish?" „I no can go," she answered, „1 got sick, what's 

 way (how should) I go?" 



In the evening the people returned to the village with fish. The woman whose children 

 the girl had looked after, came to her and gave her some fish. „What for you no been come?" 

 she asked her friend, „I no can come," the girl answered, „1 no got sick, I fright. Night-time 

 one Jihvai-abéic come sing out, make fool me. Me two fellow been catch plenty fish, devil-woman 

 been swallow altogether. '1'hat's why I no can go." Her friend went and told the people, and 

 then they understood: „Oh, that's why me been see track." 



Since then the people do not go and call each other in the night, but on the previous 

 evening arrange the détails of meeting. At the time agreed upon, the one friend walks into the 

 other's house to waken him or her up, sometimes the caller whistles outside or knocks against 

 the ladder with a spear. The hlwai-abére never do so. (Nâmai, Mawâta). 



A. One evening an läsa man called ont from the mcn's house to liis wile, arranging that 

 they should go and eut sago early the next morning. Instead of him an oi/oonho (ef no. I,ï5) came 



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