382 THROUGH CENTRAL BORNEO 



Make a swing for him near your mat, and when he is 

 in it tie rattan around him and swing him." 



The father went away and the monkey came again 

 and asked for food, and got it. When he had eaten the 

 boy said: "You had better get into the swing near my 

 mat." Borro liked to do that and seated himself in it, 

 while the boy tied rattan around him and swung him. 

 After a little while the monkey, fearing that the father 

 might come back, said he wanted to get out, but the 

 boy replied, "Father is not coming before the evening," 

 at the same time tying more rattan around him, and 

 strongly, too. 



The father came home and fiercely said: "You have 

 been eating my food for two days." Thereupon he cut 

 off Borro's head, and ordered his son to take him to the 

 river, clean him, and prepare the flesh to be cooked. The 

 boy took Borro's body to the river, opened it and began 

 to clean it, but all the small fish came and said: 'Go away ! 

 What you put into the water will kill us." The boy then 

 took the monkey some distance off and the big fish came 

 and said: "Come nearer, we want to help you eat him." 



The sisters of Borro now arrived, and his brothers, 

 father, children, and all his other re atives, and they 

 said to Ulung Tiung: "This is probably Borro." "No," 

 he said, "this is a different animal." Then the monkeys, 

 believing what he said, went away to look for Borro, 

 except one of the monkey children, who remained be- 

 hind, and asked: "What are you doing here?" "What 

 a question!" the boy answered; "I am cutting up this 

 animal, Borro." 



