HIKAYAT SI-MISKIN OR MARAKARMA. 45. 
thunder, picks from his teeth with a log chunks of food so big that 
they kill cat, goose or fowl by their impact. Then he sings so that 
the beasts in the forest flee. He asks his captive if her liver is big 
enough for him to eat. Instructed beforehand by her lover, she 
declares it will never grow big enough unless he gives her the livers 
of 100 animals to eat. The demon bids her kill the lice in his 
hair. With pincers and hammer she kills centipedes and scorpions 
which the demon has mistaken for lice; and eating fried beans and 
maize she pretends the noise she makes is the cracking of the eggs 
of the hice. The Raksasa and his wife go to get the livers of 100 
animals but all have fled far from his singing. Marakarma digs 
a pit near the demon’s hut, and sets it with caltrops. He piles up 
rubbish and lights ian 170k fuse which will take three days to burn. 
He and his bride escape with the demon’s property in a passing 
ship. Three days later the Raksasa seeing flames rushes home, 
falls into the pit and is killed. 
Lustful for his wife and riches, the captain of the ship pushes 
Marakarma into the sea. A shark, asked by Marakarma to put 
him out of his misery, does obeisance and carries the prince in his 
belly in the wake of the ship till it reaches Pelinggam Chahaya. 
The shark sprawls on the beach by the jetty of the Fairy God- 
mother (Ninek Kébayan). An eagle instructs the old lady to put 
rice-grass (daun padv) on the shark’s belly, whereupon Marakarma 
steps out. Ninek Kebayan tells him of the country, its ruler and 
the royal family. Marakarma guesses that Princess Unfolding 
Palm-Blossom must be his sister. He arranges cut flowers in 
posies. Ninek Kebayan sells one to Marakarma’s wife on the ship, 
containing the hero’s rmg and a letter graved on flower-petals, 
bidding her go to the palace and tell Princess Unfolding Palm- 
Blossom of their straits. (The first posy she sold, Ninek Ke- 
bayan pretended was arranged by herself. Chahaya Khirani wants 
to be taught the art. ‘To keep the old lady in countenance Mara- 
karma sends a green fly with her on her next visit which buzzes 
over the bunch and settles wherever flowers should be stuck!) 
Chahaya Khirani is invited to the palace, shows her husband’s 
ring and tells of his phght. The king summons all people to a 
farewell feast to the wicked ship’s captain. ({Miraculously pro- 
vided with a steed a prince’s attire and 40 followers, by means of 
a magic stone (gémala) given him by a bota, Marakarma goes to 
the feast. The householder who first cast him into the sea and 
the ship’s captain are both executed (salangkan). 
Transported to Puspa Sari by the help of a magic stone, the 
hero finds his father’s kingdom desolate forest. He meets his 
mother gathering firewood and stays with his parents in their forest 
hut. He reveals himself and prays that Puspa Sari be restored. 
His prayer is heard. He returns to Pelinggam Chahaya and 
fetches his sister and her husband and his own wife. Ninek Ke- 
bayan is twitted with her inability to walk and advised to get a 
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