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pair and bring the cub here," he said. Again the boy 

 was successful. Laki Mae did not like this and was 

 angry. 



In the evening "Porcupine Leg" said to his brother: 

 "I have a long time understood that father is angry with 

 me. To-morrow morning I am going away. I am not 

 eating, and I will look for a place to die." His brother 

 began to weep, and said he would go with him. Next 

 morning they told their father they were going to hunt 

 for animals and birds. But when they did not return 

 in the evening, nor later, the mother said: "I think they 

 will not come back." Half a month later many men 

 attacked the kampong. Laki Mae fought much and 

 was tired. "If the boys had remained this would not 

 have happened," the people said angrily to him. In 

 the meantime the human son began to long to return, 

 and he persuaded "Porcupine Leg" to accompany him. 

 They both came back and helped to fight the enemy, 

 who lost many dead and retired. 



Note. — This story is also found with the Penihings, from whom undoubt- 

 edly it is derived. Laki, see No. 10. Tehi, see No. 12. 



17. SEMANG, THE BAD BOY 

 (From the Long-Glats; kampong Long Tujo) 



A woman called Daietan had one child, Semang, who 

 was a bad boy. He was lazy, slept day and night, and 

 did not want to make ladang nor plant any banana nor 

 papaya trees. His mother angrily said to him: "Why 

 don't you exert yourself to get food?" Semang said: 

 " Well, I will go to-morrow to search for something to eat." 



