A PELANDOK TALE. 35 



The pelandok went on looking for his food up stream and 

 down stream. At last he met a man who was busy hollowing 

 out a sampan. The pelandok said, " Perhaps you may make 

 a boat : perhaps you may not." The man paid close attention 

 to what the pelandok was saying and understood that the 

 pelandok was making fun of him. So he took a shaving 

 and thew it at the pelandok and hit him on the rump, where 

 it broke. After that the pelandok went back to find his wife. 

 When he reached her he said, " Hooee, hooee, this time pro- 

 bably we shall be divorced." His wife replied, " Why do 

 you say that ? " Her husband said, " I have been hit by that 

 man, who is making a boat with a shaving. This is it on my 

 rump." 



After that in about ten days he died and left his wife who 

 was with child. And that is why to this day every pelandok 

 has a white chip on his rump. 



A Pelandok Tale. 



Alkesab maka adalah pada zaraan dahulu kala kapada satu 

 hari raja didalam satu negeri itu, pergilah ia berburu maka bS- 

 berapa hari sa'ekor pun tiada dapat. Maka dengan sebab bhana 

 bunyi orang raja berburu itu, maka sekalian binatang habis 

 semuanya berkalarian. Maka adalah sa'ekor pelandok lari juga 

 ia. Didalam ia tengah berlarian itu, matanya memandang ka- 

 kiri, dan ka-kanan, maka tiba-tiba sampailah ia kapada satu 

 kolam, maka jatohlah ia ka-dalam kolam itu. Dan bernang-lah- 

 ia ka-barat, dan ka-timor, menchari tempat hendak naik ka- 

 atas, tiadalah dapat ia hendak naik. Kemudian didalam antara 

 itu, lalu sa'ekor gajab. Dan waktu itu hari pun tSrlalu besar 

 ribut serta halalintar, dan kilat sabong menyabong sahaja, 



R, A. Soc, No. 48, 1907. 



