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Tell me, are you Pivi? 'Oh, yes! said Pivi. 'But I am much better looking, and there are my two wives, are they not beautiful? 'You are mocking me, Pivi! Your wives? How? Where did you get them? You, with wives! Then Pivi told Kabo about the kind woman, and all the wonderful things that had happened to him.
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.
When birds were men, and men were birds, Pivi and Kabo lived in an island far away, called New Caledonia. Pivi was a cheery little bird that chirps at sunset; Kabo was an ugly black fowl that croaks in the darkness. One day Pivi and Kabo thought that they would make slings, and practise slinging, as the people of the island still do.
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.
'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
He waved his hand, and five and twenty of his friends came trooping down the hill. They cut up Kabo into little pieces. Pivi turned round, and there was the good woman of the river. 'Pivi, she said, 'how did you get out of the living tomb into which Kabo sent you? 'I had my spear with me, said Pivi.
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!
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.
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.
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