306 A NATURALIST IN CELEBES ch. xii 



Lakamalang picked up the hen, and found the following 

 words written on its head : ' Whoever eats my head shall become 

 king, and whoever eats my heart shall receive blessings.' Prina 

 read this also. 



Then they returned to the village, and Prins went to sleep, 

 saying, ' Nobody may wake me, not even the king himself.' 

 Prins slept soundly, and when the food was prepared he was not 

 yet awake. 



Lakasian then said to his brother, ' It is better for us to eat 

 it all up. You eat the head and become king, and I will eat the 

 heart and receive blessings.' 



' Oh, no,' said Lakamalang, ' let us not get into trouble.' 



' That is nothing,' said Lakasian, ' for we can take care to 

 provide other food.' 



Then Lakasian went and shot a dove, and prepared the head 

 and heart like the head and heart of the hen. Then the elder 

 brother ate up the head, and the other the heart of the hen. 



Immediately afterwards they fled away until they came to 

 a village they knew not. Lakamalang then said, ' Best here 

 awhile, brother, for you are certainly tired.' So they rested, 

 and in the morning when they awoke they found three sacks full 

 of silver in the place where Lakasian had lain. Lakamalang 

 was afterwards made king of the country, and then the two 

 brothers fetched their poor mother whom they had left, and 

 brought her to live in a magnificent palace. 



The Ape and the Tuetle (41) 

 The ape is a four-footed animal that lives on the land among 



the trees, and feeds chiefly on bananas, coco-nuts, and other 



fruits. The fresh- water turtle is like the Tuturuga (sea turtle), 



only smaller. 



An ape and a turtle were once friends, and they agreed to 



make a banana garden. 



Each took a portion of the garden and cultivated it regularly. 



One day the ape said, ' Well, comrade, how goes it with your 



banana trees ? ' 



The turtle replied, ' Oh, they are beginning to come up well 



and to show leaves. But how goes it with my friend's trees ? ' 

 The ape answered, ' They have already begun to sprout.' 

 A little while afterwards the ape again asked the turtle how 



