FOLKLORE OF SOME OF THE TRIBES IN 



DUTCH BORNEO VISITED BY THE 



AUTHOR 



1. THE MOTHERLESS BOY 

 (From the Penyahbongs, kampong Tamaloe) 



Ulung Tiung was left at home by his father who 

 went out hunting. Borro, the cocoanut-monkey, came 

 and asked for food, but when Ulung gave him a little 

 he refused to eat it and demanded more. The boy, who 

 was afraid of him, then gave more, and Borro ate until 

 very little remained in the house. The monkey then 

 said, "I am afraid of your father, and want to go home." 

 "Go," replied the boy, "but return again." When the 

 father came home in the evening he was angry that the 

 food had been taken. 



The following day when the father went out hunt- 

 ing, Borro again came asking for food. The boy, at first 

 unwilling, finally yielded; the monkey ate with much 

 gusto and as before wanted to go home. "Do not go," 

 said the boy, "my father is far away." "I smell that 

 he is near," said Borro, and went. 



When the father returned in the evening and saw 

 that the food again had been eaten he was very angry 

 with the boy, who replied : " Borro ate it — I did not take 

 any." Whereupon the father said: "We will be cun- 

 ning; next time he comes tell him I have gone far away. 



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