SEMANG, THE BAD BOY 407 



At sunrise next morning he went away in a prahu, 

 paddling up-stream. He reached a kampong, and the 

 name of the raja here was Anjangmaran. He could find 

 no food, so he went on to the next kampong, and to an- 

 other, but had no success, so he continued his journey, 

 and then arrived at the fourth kampong. There were 

 no people here. It was a large kampong with many 

 houses, and grass was growing everywhere. 



He went up into a room and there he found all sorts 

 of goods; salt, gongs, many tempaians (large Chinese 

 urns) in which paddi was stored, and tobacco. Semang 

 said to himself, "I am rich. Here is all that I need." 

 And he lay down to sleep. In the night Deer (rusa) ar- 

 rived and called out: "Is there any one here?" He 

 ascended the ladder and lay down near the cooking place. 

 Semang heard him, but was afraid to move, and slept 

 no more. In the night he heard Deer talk in his sleep: 

 u To-morrow morning I am going to look for a small 

 bottle with telang kliman. It is underneath the pole 

 in front of the house." 



Semang said: "Who is talking there ?" Deer waked 

 up and became frightened, ran down the ladder, and 

 got into Semang's prahu, where he went to sleep. Be- 

 fore dawn Semang arose and walked down toward the 

 prahu. On his way he saw an ironwood pole in front of 

 the room, went up to it, and began to dig under it. He 

 found a small bottle which he opened, and he put his 

 first finger into it. He was astonished to see that his finger 

 had become white, and he said: "This must be good to 

 put on the body." He poured some into his hollowed 



