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5. LEAVES THAT BAFFLED ANTOH 



(From the Penyahbongs; kampong Tamaloe) 



Two brothers were walking in the utan, with sumpi- 

 tans, when they met a pig which one of them speared. 

 The quarry became furious and attacked the other one, 

 but they helped each other and killed the pig, ate what 

 they wanted, and continued their hunting. 



Next they met a rhino which they killed. As they 

 began to take off the hide, cutting into his chest, the 

 rhino became alive again, and the hide turned out to 

 be the bark of a tree. The two ran home, but the rhino 

 came after them, so they again had to flee, pursued by 

 him, until they came across a small tree called mora, of 

 which antoh is afraid. They gathered some of the leaves, 

 and as soon as the rhino saw that he ran away. 



6. PENGANUN, THE HUGE SERPENT 

 (From the Penyahbongs; kampong Tamaloe) 



The mother of Daring's wife ordered him to go out 

 and hunt for animals to eat, but said they would have 

 to be without bones. He searched for a month, and all 

 that he got had bones. Finally he brought back a leech, 

 which she ate. Then she said: "Go and look for pen- 

 ganun," the huge serpent with the golden horn. He 

 met the monster and used all his poisoned darts before 

 it succumbed. He left it there and went home. "Have 

 you got the big serpent?" she asked him. "Yes!" he 

 answered. She then went out to bring it in, but she cut 

 off only a little of the flesh, which she brought back. It 

 was cooked in bamboo, and the people in the house ate 



