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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.