34 A PELANDOK TALE. 



After this the pelanclok got up from his sleep and the 

 giant said, " Hei Salam di Rimba, I want to sleep now." 



The giant really went to sleep, so the pelandok took some 

 hot ashes and put them on the giant's paw, while he himself 

 sat down a little way off. After that the giant began to hop 

 about owiifg to his burnt hand. The pelandok pretended to 

 be alarmed and said, "What has happened granpa to make 

 you jump like that ? What is the matter ? " " My hand got so 

 tremendously hot that I started from my sleep." ' Perhaps 

 granpa, you interfered with my eye teeth when I was asleep 

 just now." " That is true, I did just touch them." " That is 

 the deadly poison of my eye teeth, I told you not to touch 

 them. And now your body suffers, granpa." 



The giant became rather frightened because of Salam di 

 Rimba and his many pieces of magic. The pelandok then be- 

 gan to make a knot. The giant said, " What are you doing 

 Salam di Rimba ? " "I want to make some medicine for all the 

 illnesses of the joints and bones and all tiredness and all pains 

 in any part of the body." 



The giant thought, that is true because he knows a great 

 deal of magic. So he said, " Salam di Rimba, I am in 

 pain, can you give me this medicine ? " "If granpa asks help, 

 his grandchild will be glad to give assistance." " Apply it." 



So the pelandok took a loop and passed it round both his 

 knees and his elbows and struck the knot till it was quite tight. 

 Then he said, " How are you, granpa ? Try and move a little. 

 Can you or not ? " "I can't move the least little bit." " Wait 

 a little longer and all your illnesses will quite disappear, " I 

 am going to look for the leaf of the perambas in the forest 

 and also some water from a knot of a tree." " Be quick. If 

 you are late the owners of the house will all return." 



The pelandok went off into the jungle and never came back. 

 A little later the men came back from the sea and found the 

 giant trussed up in the house with all his joints securely tied. 

 They said, " This is what has been eating our fish all this time.'' 

 So they beat and stabbed the giant till he died. 



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