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"Deceived you?" said the Mouse-deer in pretended surprise. "When did I deceive you, or do anything to deserve death?" "Didn't you tell us that the sky was going to fall, and that if we did not hide ourselves in a pit we should be killed?" "Oh, yes," was the reply. "What I said was perfectly true, only I persuaded the King to postpone the disaster."
So the Mouse-deer, chuckling to himself, bandaged his ankles, and made them fast to the floor of the hut. "Do you not feel the pain in your legs?" asked the Mouse-deer. "I think I do," was the foolish Giant's reply. So the Mouse-deer bandaged his legs and made them secure, so that the Giant was quite unable to move.
The animal tribe, then, is reduced to the following: Orang-utan, tiger cat, wild pig, deer, and snipe; the pretty "plandok" or mouse-deer, and honey-bears, being also occasionally met with.
In the beautiful open down country throughout the Ouva district there is no game larger than wild hogs, red-deer, mouse-deer, hares, and partridges. These animals shelter themselves in the low bushes, which generally consist of the wild guavas, and occupy the hollows between the undulations of the hills.
"How I should like to wear it for one day!" "So you may," said the Mouse-deer, "but be careful and do not spoil it." So the foolish Pig entangled himself in the folds of the Python, who soon crushed him to death and ate him for his dinner, and the clever Mouse-deer escaped, having outwitted his enemies. The Dyak is conscious of his ignorance of the laws which govern the world in which he lives.
The Giant climbed up the rickety ladder, and saw the Mouse-deer lying with his head bandaged. "What is the matter with you?" asked the Giant. "I have a headache," was the answer. "Whatever has given you the headache?" asked the Giant. "Can't you guess?" said the Mouse-deer. "It is the smell of this fish in these jars. It is so strong, it is enough to make anyone ill. Don't you feel ill yourself?"
I will stay at home, and secure this giant of whom you are all afraid." When his companions had gone away the next morning, the Mouse-deer tied a bandage round his forehead and lay down. Soon the Giant came, and shouted: "Who's there?" "Only me," said the Mouse-deer, groaning with pain. "Come up, whoever you may be."
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