XIII. A MALAY BIRD STORY. 
By Axppv’L-Majip Bin Hajr ZAINU’D-pIN. 
reduced the fikau’s diet, whereas the pipit profited by it in 
that he could get subsistence both from the padi and from 
the worms and insects. 
The ptkau soon came to know of his plight ; and to this 
day if you happen to be in kampongs during the padt-harvest, 
especially on moonlight nights, you can hear him crying in 
plaintive tones to the sparrow to give him back his padi :— 
“ pe-et, pe-et, pe-et, ba’ padi-ku.”’ 
