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'It was quite dry inside the shell, and I worked away at the fish with my spear, till he saw reason to open his shell, and out I came. Then the good woman laughed; and Pivi and his two wives lived happy ever afterwards. Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie. Once upon a time two young men living in a small village fell in love with the same girl.
She took Pivi into a shed where she kept her fruit laid him on a bed of mats, and made him as comfortable as she could, and attended to his broken leg without cutting off the flesh round the bone, as these people usually do. 'You will be still, won't you, Pivi? she said. 'If you hear a little noise you will pretend to be dead.
They went back to the hut, where the girls were laughing and playing. 'Nuts for you? said the woman, 'there are two wives for you, Pivi, take them to your house. 'Oh, good lady, cried Pivi, 'how kind you are! So they were married and very happy, when in came cross old Kabo. 'Is this Pivi? said he. 'Yes, it is no, it isn't. It is not the same Pivi but there is a kind of likeness.
So they went slinging, and Pivi broke Kabo's leg, and Kabo fell into the river, and floated into the bamboo, and the woman blew him out, just as before. Then she picked up Kabo, and put him in the shed, and told him what to do when the Black Ant came, and what to do when the Red Ant came. But he didn't!
For some time he dodged them cleverly, but at last a stone from Kabo's sling hit poor Pivi on the leg and broke it. Down went Pivi into the stream, and floated along it, till he floated into a big hollow bamboo, which a woman used for washing her sweet potatoes. 'What is that in my bamboo? said the woman.
We shall stay at home, and weep for Pivi! 'Wretched idiots! cried Kabo; 'Pivi was a scoundrel who broke my leg, and knocked me into the river. Then a little cough was heard at the door, and Kabo trembled, for he knew it was the cough of Pivi! 'Ah, dear Pivi! cried Kabo, rushing to the door. 'What joy! I was trying to console your dear wives. Pivi said not one word.
So they went slinging, and Pivi broke Kabo's leg, and Kabo fell into the river, and floated into the bamboo, and the woman blew him out, just as before. Then she picked up Kabo, and put him in the shed, and told him what to do when the Black Ant came, and what to do when the Red Ant came. But he didn't!
Kabo laughed like a fiend, and then went home. 'Where is Pivi? asked the two pretty girls. Kabo pretended to cry, and told how Pivi had been swallowed. 'But dry your tears, my darlings, said Kabo, 'I will be your husband, and my wives shall be your slaves. Everything is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds. 'No, no! cried the girls, 'we love Pivi. We do not love anyone else.
'Well, well! said Kabo, 'but I want to be handsome too, and to have pretty young wives. 'But how can we manage that? asked Pivi. 'Oh, we shall do all the same things over again play at slinging, and, this time, you shall break my leg, Pivi! 'With all the pleasure in life, said Pivi, who was always ready to oblige.
'Yes, it was, answered the princess; and she told him the whole story, and how she had broken her gold ring and given him half of it. And the prince took out his half of the ring, and the princess took out hers, and they fitted exactly. Next day the Red Knight was hanged, as he richly deserved, and there was a new marriage feast for the prince and princess. Pivi and Kabo
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