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When they came to Pin'o'ai they bade farewell to each other there 

 and then parted. The male Fawn went up toward Jicarita Moun- 

 tain and the female Fawn went northeast. As the male Fawn went 

 on alone he was tired out and sighed in his lonesomeness : "I wonder 

 how my poor little sister is getting along. Instead of the Snakes 

 sending us together they have parted us." Thus he said as he went. 

 Also the female FawTi cried as she went along where she had been 

 told to go: "Hoke, hoke, me, me," she said, "I wonder how my older 

 brother is getting along. Instead of the Snakes sending us together 

 they have parted us." 



When they arrived at their destinations, they brought forth there 

 among the mountains. This is the reason that deer live there among 

 those mountains. 



You have a tail. 



The Old Giant Steals the Elf and is Slain 



Once upon a time the Elf dwelt at Jicarita Mountain. And the 

 Old Giant dwelt at Phappittha. Going every day to where the 

 people Hved, he caught the children. Putting them into his pack 

 basket he took them to his home. 



And once he went to Jicarita Mountain. On top of Jicarita Moun- 

 tain he found the Elf. "AVhat are you doing here?" "I am not 

 doing anything," the Elf said. "Well, get into my basket." 

 "Why?" "Get into my basket, I said to you. If you do not get 

 in I will take you and put you in." Then he took him and put him 

 into th-; basket. Then the Old Giant headed for home. The Elf 

 sang in the basket: 



