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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.