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THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL [NDL4. 



Go and smite tlie bounding red- 

 deer, 

 Bring its liver to their Lingo, 

 Gather wild flowers for their 



_ Lingo, 

 ^^^lile those Sisters seven should 



swing him, 

 Swing him gently as he slumbered. 

 Then their bows and arrows took 



they, 

 Took and started to the forest. 

 And the sisters swinging Lingo 

 Thus began to say among them — 

 " See this Lingo ! who so solemn 

 As this brother of our husbands 1 

 Neither laughs he, neither speaks 



he, 

 Neither looks he even at us. 

 He must laugh, and speak, and 



gambol, 

 Must this very solemn Lingo ; 

 Let us pinch and pull and hug 



him." 

 And they pulled him by the arms. 

 Pulled his feet and pinched his 



arms ; 

 But the more they pulled and 



pinched him 

 All the sounder slept our Lingo. 

 Till the sisters, vexed to find him 

 Notliing caring for their toying. 

 Took to hugging rather closely. 

 Hugged that very virtuous Lingo, 

 Till they woke him from his 



sleeping. 

 Wrathful then was holy Lingo, 

 At those wanton Giant'sdaughters ; 

 Kose the flame of indignation 

 From his boots up to las top- 

 knot ; 

 Looked about him for a weapon. 

 For a Aveapon to chastise them ; 

 Saw a pestle hard and heavy, 

 Pestle made for husking rice with ; 

 Bounded from his swing and 

 seized it. 



"With it thrashed those Giant's 

 daughters ; 



Thrashed them till they bellowed 

 loudly. 



Fled and roared like Bulls of 

 Bashan, 



Fled and hid them in their wig- 

 wam^. 

 Soon the Brothers back re- 

 turning. 



Bringing game and bricging wild 

 flowers, 



Found their Lingo quietly sleep- 



Sisters none his swing were rock- 

 ing. 



j\Iuch astonished, they betook 

 them 



To the wigwams of the Sisters. 



But had scarce begun to scold 

 them 



Ere they found the tables turned — 



" Pretty fellows are you truly ! 



Thus to leave your wives behind 

 you 



And go hunting in the forest, 



While your very holy Lingo 



Tries his arts upon our virtue. 



We have quite made up our 

 minds now 



Not to stay another minute. 



But to take our beds and ward- 

 robes. 



And return to where Ave came 

 from — 



To our poor deceived papa ! " 



Then the Brothers said among 

 them — 



" that sinful, wicked Lingo ! 



How the villain has deceived us ! 



When Ave offered him the fairest. 



No, he Avanted none, he told us ; 



Called them sisters, called them 

 mothers ; 



NoAv to play so mean a trick on 



Us when liuntinu in the forest ! 



