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whom he called out: "It is much better you come to 

 my place and sing there." Aaton Kohang said: "Very 

 well, we will go there/' The boy continued his march, 

 and when he came home he gave one fish to his mother 

 to roast, which she wrapped in leaves and put on the 

 live coals. He also prepared fish for himself, ate quickly, 

 and begged his mother to do the same. The mother 

 asked: "Why do you hurry so?" The boy, who did 

 not want to tell her that he had called an antoh, then 

 said that it was not necessary to hurry. 



After they had finished eating, in the evening Aaton 

 Kohang arrived with many men and many women. They 

 tickled the mother and her boy under the arms until 

 they could not talk any more and were half dead, took 

 what remained of the fish, and went away. The two 

 fell asleep, but ants bit them in the feet and they woke 

 up and saw that all the fish were gone. "Ha!" they 

 said: "Aaton Kohang did this," and they ran away. 



Note. — Ulung Ela is the name for a boy whose father is dead, but whose 

 mother is alive. 



3. THE TWO ORPHANS 



(From the Penyahbongs; kampong Tamaloe) 



Two small sisters, whose father and mother had 

 died, went with the women to look for sago. The tree 

 was cut and the sago, after having been beaten, was put 

 into the large rattan bag. The younger child, who was 

 sitting close to the bag, dropped asleep and fell into it. 

 The other girl came to look for her sister but could not 



