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Updated: May 31, 2025
'Now, Pivi, put them in the shed where you lay, and when the sun sets to cool himself in the sea and rise again not so hot in the dawn you must go and take the nuts. All day Pivi played about in the river, as the natives do, throwing fruit and silvery showers of water at each other. When the sun set he went into the hut. But as he drew near he heard sweet voices talking and laughing within.
'Yes, dear lady, I shall do just as you say. 'Very good, said the woman, going out and shutting the door. Pivi lay still under his coverings, then a tiny noise was heard, and the Black Ant began to march over Pivi, who lay quite still. Then came the big Red Ant skipping along his body, and then Pivi shook himself all over.
It is the Black Ant who will come and creep from your feet up to your head. Say nothing, and keep quiet, won't you, Pivi? 'Certainly, kind lady, said Pivi, 'I will lie as still as can be. 'Next will come the big Red Ant you know him? 'Yes, I know him, with his feet like a grasshopper's. 'He will walk over your body up to your head. Then you must shake all your body. Do you understand, Pivi?
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.
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 to a banyan tree, and stripped the bark to make strings for their slings, and next they repaired to the river bank to find stones. Kabo stood on the bank of the river, and Pivi went into the water. The game was for Kabo to sling at Pivi, and for Pivi to dodge the stones, if he could.
'What is that? People chattering in the hut! Perhaps they have taken my cocoa-nuts, said Pivi to himself. In he went, and there he found two pretty, laughing, teasing girls. He hunted for his cocoa-nuts, but none were there. Down he ran to the river. 'Oh, lady, my nuts have been stolen! he cried. 'Come with me, Pivi, and there will be nuts for you, said the woman.
And when he went back for them there he found two horrid old black hags, wrangling, and scolding, and scratching! So back he went to Pivi with his two beautiful wives, and Pivi was very sorry, but what could he do? Nothing, but sit and cry. So, one day, Kabo came and asked Pivi to sail in his canoe to a place where he knew of a great big shell-fish, enough to feed on for a week.
He jumped up quite well again, he ran to the river, he looked into the water and saw that he was changed from a bird into a fine young man! 'Oh, lady, he cried, 'look at me now! I am changed into a man, and so handsome! 'Will you obey me again? said the woman. 'Always; whatever you command I will do it, said Pivi, politely.
And when he went back for them there he found two horrid old black hags, wrangling, and scolding, and scratching! So back he went to Pivi with his two beautiful wives, and Pivi was very sorry, but what could he do? Nothing, but sit and cry. So, one day, Kabo came and asked Pivi to sail in his canoe to a place where he knew of a great big shell-fish, enough to feed on for a week.
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