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722 MALEKULA
restalve, iwer .' " nimbrunong eiink rakaH sar
tHey retiu-ned not, He said: “CHildren tHese tHey stop for good
ambsf mmggut tikinangk itarau, ilz nggen wut ninggeHevi mmggut
wHere? Banana my is ripe, good tHat tHat I sHould? banana
tikimmgk mbslm nisivul mbaf/M.â€ù en iHer naiew
my i.nto Hair of my Head.“ And He ? put pudding
mbelm nisivul mbatin, nimbalonggon nimbuas mbzlen nisivul mbatin,
into Hair of His Head, bone ? knife (of) a pig into Hair of Head,
ilip new/zngk tin’, ising Ranmar en 1'11/eleng
He took canoe His, He came to land at Ranmar and He came (to)
Rambambap 4'1/aw pi navel. an Nsvinbwmbauu irong,
Rambambap He trod over tHe stone. And Nevimbumbaau Heard,
in/er : “ in at izrar mlmnmium ran nave! P â€ù Ambat iwn, “ kimmgk
sHe said: “WHo trod noisily on tHe stone?â€ù Ambat said, “ I
ztingk.â€ù,“ amggwr tam P " “ nevmeuen maHal nggen
Here." “ THou dost wHat? " “ I Have just been sHooting ï¬ÅsH for
n/unggut.“ Neuimbu/mbanu iwer, "guweleng nggou mwin.â€ù
bananas." Nevirnbumbaau said, "AlrigHt just you come Here.â€ù
Ambal ivei en iwuswus HaHm av in Nevinbumbaau.
Ambat went and He inquired His brotHers of Nevumbumbaau.
“ aavu ules naHal nin nimbmnong ar .9 " N zm'n~
"GrandmotHer, did you see tHe patH of tHe cHildren?â€ù Nevin-
bumbaau iviis baran Amlrat, iwer " neslesva wul
bumbaau sHe lied unto Ambat, sHe said “I did not see tHat
Ielong mial mbeiin, resml§wel)eng1/e eingk.â€ù Ambat iwer binggm
tHey went baek_ ?, tHey did not come Here." Ambat said unto
Nevinbumbaau, " niH/umar imbwibmbwil a1."
Nevimbumbaau, “ PerHaps some man Has been killing tHem "
Nauinbumbaau 1'11/er, “awn ro/zoH
(spoken ironically). Nevinbumbaau said, “ No tHey stop
s1indwzm'n.â€ù Ambat iwer, " mmggut tim rombwu
(somewHere or otHer)." Ambat said: " THeir bananas tHey stink
oHm‘ " en N evimbumbaau iterei
in vain (witHout doing anytHing)/' And Nevinbumbaau sHe cut up
mmggut nggen wut ruuarumb . . . 1
bananas in order tHat tHey-two sHould cook . . .
Ambut isep nggen Halan ar, en Halzm mwer,
Arnbat fell down unto His brotHers, and His brotHers said,
“ia =t1'ngkPâ€ù Ambat iwer, “ k1'na1gk." Halan rem/er binggen
“ WHo is tHis ? " Ambat said, “I.â€ù His brotHers said unto
Ambat “awuw Nevinlmmbaau, imm maH ninggini
Ambat, "Elder brotHer (arcH.) Nevimbumbaau, sHe will eat us all
am.â€ù Ambai iwer “dean/er gelemwin m'mal1'm". an
up (Here)," Ambat said, “P ? ? ". And
1 Here tHe text continues word for word, as it did before, down
to tHe words “ ilita nggar nimbongun mb/u/iliel ", tHus telling How Ambat cooked
and ate His pudding and {ell into tHe same trap as His four brotHers.