74 PA" PANDIR. 



So she made ready as well as she could all sorts of 

 eatables. Then she sent Pa' Pandir out to call the Hajis and 

 Lebais and the common people. 



Pa' Pandir said, " What is a Haji like ? What is a Lebai 

 like ? How shall I know the common people ? " 



Ma ; Andih answered, " Wherever you find anyone with 

 a white head that is a Haji, wherever you find anyone with 

 a beard that is a Lebai, and all those with parti-coloured 

 clothes are the common people." 



So Pa' Pandir went to call them. After walking for a 

 little way he met a flock of sparrows with white heads. So 

 he said, 



" Gentlemen Hajis, Ma' Andih invites you to the feast 

 that she has prepared in honour of her child who died three 

 days ago." 



" Wee wee wee," piped the sparrowa as they flew away. 



" The house is not wee " replied Pa' Pandir. But the 

 birds only flew on. So he pursued after them with all his might 

 until he caught one. 



After that he went on again. A little later he met with 

 a flock of goats. He saw at once that they had beards so he 

 said, 



" Oh sirs and lebais, you are invited by Ma' Andih to her 

 feast, for her child has now been dead three days." 



" Bah bah bah " bleated the goats as they ran away. 



" How dare you say bah to Ma' Andilrs cooking ? " Said 

 Pa' Pandir. So he ran after them industriously until he caught 

 one, which he carried slung across the nape of its neck. 



Afterwards Pa' Pandir went on to look for the common 

 people who wore varicoloured clothes. He went on into the 

 jungle. Almost at once he met with a large male tiger. Pa ; 

 Pandir said, " Ho man of the common folk, Ma' Andih invites 

 you to her feast which she has made in honour of her child who 

 died just three days ago." But the tiger ran away. So Pa' 



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