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Then Ta-ywa ripped open the eagles, and took out the bones he 
found in them. The bones of men he placed in one pile, the bones of 
women in another, and the bones of the girl’s father and mother in a 
third. Elephant bones, he placed by themselves; horses’ bones, he 
placed by themselves; oxen’s bones, he placed by themselves ; buffa- 
loes’ bones, he placed by themselves; hogs’ bones, he placed by them- 
selves; dogs’ bones, he placed by themselves ; fowls’ bones he placed 
by themselves. All kinds of animals, he placed their bones in separ- 
ate piles. 
This done, Ta-ywa made a strap, such as is used in holding a Karen 
basket borne on the back, on the head, and with it he struck the fowls’ 
bones, when the fowls rose to life, and flew crowing away. In like 
manner, he struck the bones of each animal, and the animals came to 
life again. Last of all, he struck the bones of man, and the men came 
to life again. Then Ta-ywa said: “ What has happened to you?” 
And they replied: ‘‘ We have been asleep.” 
Ta-ywa planted two herbaceous plants, and left Long-legs in charge 
of the place, saying, If the plants wither, follow on quickly after me, 
and then departed. 
He passed on and came to another empty house, where the hall was 
full of spiritous liquor. Here the same scenes were enacted as before, — 
excepting that the girl was found in a spirit jar, and the destroyers 
were tigers. Before leaving, he planted the herbaceous plants, as 
before, and left Long-arms in charge. 
Again he continued his travels, and met with another house with- 
out inhabitant, but he found rice spread out on the verandah to dry, 
and a number of pots of spiritous liquor. He sought a bamboo tube 
with which to suck it up, and having found one, he notched it at the 
bottom and drank. Here he found a handsome girl as before, and 
learned that three large Pythons had produced the desolation. 
He dug a gallery under ground with seven bends, and put her at 
the end. Then he made two swords, and killed two of the serpents as 
before; but when he struck the third, the blade of the sword flew out 
of the handle, and Ta-ywa ran into the handle which the snak 
swallowed. : 
Immediately, the plants left behind withered, and Long-legs, and 
- Long-arms followed on to the assistance of Ta-ywa. Long-legs went 

