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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.