LAKI SORA AND LAKI IYU 391 



The following morning Sora went out again with his 

 sumpitan, but chased all day without meeting an animal, 

 so he took one root of a water-plant called keladi, as well 

 as one fruit called pangin, and went home. The keladi 

 was roasted, but the fruit it was not necessary to pre- 

 pare. They then sat down to eat, but could not satisfy 

 their hunger, and Iyu was angry and asked why he 

 brought so little. "I did not bring more," Sora an- 

 swered, "because it is probable the owner would have 

 been angry if I had." Iyu said: "To-morrow I shall 

 bring plenty." 



Next morning Iyu came to the place where Sora had 

 found the root and the fruit, and he ate all that remained 

 there, but this belonged to an antoh, called Amenaran, 

 and one of his children saw Iyu eat the root which he 

 did not cook, and also saw him climb the tree and eat 

 the fruit. He went and told his father, the antoh, who 

 became angry, spoke to Iyu about it, and wanted to 

 know who had given him permission. 



Iyu, who was up in the tree still gorging himself 

 with fruit, said he was not afraid and he would fight it 

 out that evening. Amenaran stood below and lightning 

 poured forth from his mouth and thunder was heard. 

 Iyu said: "I have no spear, nor parang, but I will kill 

 that antoh." And the big pig he had eaten and all the 

 roots and all the fruits that he had been feeding on, an 

 immense quantity of faeces, he dropped on Amenaran's 

 head, and it killed him. Iyu returned home and told 

 Sora that he had put Amenaran to death. They then 

 went out and killed many animals with the sumpitan 



