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curly-haired jungle boy, and is made the slave of Ratna Kemala 
Sari, who calls him Hutan, “ Jungle,” and gives him two goats. 
She relates how she is fated to be freed from Buraksa by Indra 
Bangsawan and how she is a cousin of Dewi Ratna Sari, whom 
Shah Pri has rescued from a roc. 
Ratna Kemala Sari falls sick. Astrologers declare that only 
the milk of a tigress that has just whelped will cure her eyes. 
Hutan pours goat’s milk into a bamboo and hangs it on a tree; 
ethen resuming his former shape he sits beside the tree. The nine 
princely suitors see the vessel of milk and ask what it is. ‘“ The 
milk of a tigress who has just whelped,” says Indra Bangsawan. 
“The owner enjoined that it may not be sold but given only to 
any person who may be willing to have his thigh branded.” The 
nine princes submit to branding, and get the milk. But the 
medicine-men declare it is only goat's milk! Meanwhile the 
friendly demon (raksasa) gets a tigress’ milk for Indra Bangsawan. 
In the guise of Hutan he takes it to the princess and tells how 
hunting for his straying goats he had found it hanging from a 
tree. The sight of the princess is restored. 
The time comes to deliver princess Ratna Kemala Sari to 
Buraksa. Her father builds a bower outside the country with an 
iron tank beneath its steps, as a place where Buraksa can drink 
water impregnated with iron and the nine suitors can fight for the 
princess. Hutan follows his mistress and she changes his name to 
Kembar. He gets his friendly demon to help him slay Buraksa. 
The demon gives him a black (hijau) horse, Janggi Harjin, 
whereon Indra Bangsawan rides as a prince to his mistress’ bower. 
Instructed by the demon, he ties the bridle of his horse to the 
water tank so as to noose Buraksa when he comes to drink, and bids 
the horse kick the monster. He pretends he is a nameless wanderer 
come to see the nine suitors slay Buraksa. But he takes the terri- 
fied princess in his arms when Buraksa arrives. Buraksa is 
noosed. Indra Bangsawan slays the monster, cuts off his seven 
nozes and seven eyes and rides away. ‘The nine suitors come and 
finding eyes and noses gone, cut off ears, scalp, fingers, hands and 
feet as evidence of their prowess. Indra Bangsawan having -reen- 
tered his magic garment arnives with the eyes and noses of the 
monster, modestly saying he had kicked against them in the jungle 
and taking them for the skin of an ant-eater (ténggiling), had 
brought them for the princess to burn in her incense. ‘The prince 
gives his daughter to Si-Kembar in return for his two acts of 
prowess. Si-Kembar pretends still to be a jungle slave and re- 
fuses to marry her. 
The nine suitors attack Anta Beranta, sending a rude letter 
which read by the priest Shaikh Aladin rouses the ruler’s ire. Si- 
Kembar hurries by night to the friendly demon for sword and 
steed. At dawn “before the stars have faded, or beasts wake to 
seek their prey or birds start to preen their feathers” the armies 
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