36 AWANG SULONG MERAH MUDA. 
It remains only to tind him a brile and Chief of the world 
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offers him the princess Vuramah, exhorting him — Go not 
hence ; stay here and tend 
Our palaces and wattled fences 
Court-yard wide and spacious orchards.’ 
Awang Sulong expresses discontent and in anger Chief of 
the World replies, Then take yon crazy boat for your inherit- 
ance.” So, one day, Awang Sulong asks the princess Nura- 
mah to prepare rice for him. And she serves it up. 
White as heart of palm unravelled ; 
Drifted low at side of platter, 
High the files of rice in centre 
And at edge a wave-like pattern. 
Then he takes his tools and sets out to repair the crazy 
boat. He enters the forest and invokes the spirits to help 
him. He wakes and sees the boat splendidly decorated with 
carved dragons. On hearing of the achievement of.what he 
had deemed an impossible task, Chief of the World flies into 
a fury, tries in vain to damage the magic boat and kill his 
adopted son; he demands the price of his tooth-filing and 
decrees vengeance on all vho shall shelter him. All friends 
are afraid to harbour him till he ccmes to the house of his 
youngest aunt, who conceals him in the fowl-house and advises 
him to go to Crocodile Bay (Téluk Buaya) and call upon a 
magic boat there to come to the surface. He does so and the 
boat fully rigged floats to the surface and he sails to the Isle of 
Bananas, takes the juice of the trees and rubs it upon his 
body; thence to the Isle of Bélachan and smears the filthy 
condiment over himself; and thence to the Isle of Jélutong 
and daubs himself with the gum. Then he sets out once 
more and reaches the land of Sungar Parun where Nakhoda 
Tua is overlord. He arrives at the palace, where all the birds 
of the court-yard greet him and all the royal instruments of 
music break into sound. « 
Princess the Pride of Java sees him and bids the Trusty 
Page inform her father prince Nakhoda Tua, who refuses to’ 
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