THE PELANDOK, AND PA ! SI BAGO 5 , 51 



But after some time Salam di Rimba wanted to return to his 

 own country and urged his adopted son to go with him. The 

 boy agreed and so they both went off together. They went 

 into forests and out of forests, up mountains and down moun- 

 tains, on to plains and across plains. At last they reached a 

 densely populated country. When they got there Salam di 

 Eimba became a man, for he was the king of that country. 

 He lived there very happily with his wife and his child. The 

 king married his own daughter to his adopted son, and both 

 the king and his wife were very happy over it, 



The Pelandok, His Adopted Son and Pa* Si Bago*. 



Alke^ah maka adalah pada masa zaman dahulu kala, ada 

 suatu hari ada satu orang ten^ah mengorek perigi, maka da tang 

 sa'ekor pelandok, maka kata j. Slandok, " Apalah gunanya orang 

 ini buat perigi, buat p6nat sahaja ! " Maka naiklah orang itu 

 lalu di-lotar itu pelandok, tiada kena, maka iapun lari. Maka 

 perigi pun sudah, ia orang pun balik, balik ka-rumabnya. Maka 

 ini pelandok pun datang pula berjalan-jalan pada t&pi perigi itu. 

 Maka tiba-tiba lalu jatoh pula ia ka-dalam pgrigi itu. Maka ia 

 bSndak naik tiada boleh. 



Maka didalam antara itu lalu pula sa'ekor babi. Maka 

 kata pelandok itu, " Hei Ka Sang Babi, hSndak kamana itu?" 

 Maka jawab babi, " Tiada kamana, aku hSndak m&nchari 

 makan." Maka kata babi " .Jalam di Rimba, apa di-buat itu ? " 

 Maka jawab Salam di Rimba, " Aku ini dudo' bermain-main 

 bersgnang diri dan bersuka, kerana belum pernah aku mSrasa 

 deripcida zaman dato' nenek aku suka macham ini." Maka kata 

 babi, " Bolehkah aku mgnumpang sa-orang ? " Maka kata 

 Salam di Rimba, " Jika bendak rasa bolah jiiga, tetapi maukah 

 berjanji? " Maka kata babi, " Apa janjinya ? " Maka jawab 

 Salam di Rimba, '■ Janganlah lama, biar sa buntar sahaja. " 

 Maka kata babi, " Baiklah." Maka kata Salam di Rimba, 



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



