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Rh and wanted to kill him; but the brother said, "Do not kill him; he does not understand." He sang:

So the sheep left him alone. The Man said, "Did I not tell you not to laugh?" The Picanin said, "All right, I will not."

Then they came to the Man's house. There was a mouse carrying a waterpot. The Picanin laughed and said to the mouse, "What is this? Never have I seen this before." The mouse was angry and wanted to kill him; but the brother said, "Do not kill him; he does not understand; he has never been here before." And he sang:

So the mouse let him go. The Man said to the Picanin, "You must not laugh at anything strange, here it is done so every day." The Picanin said, "All right, I will be quiet." That night as they lay in their bed a snake came into the hut. The Picanin laughed and said, "What is that?" The Man said, " It is my brother." The snake was angry and wanted to kill him. The Man sings as before;

The snake slept with them in their bed. The Picanin was afraid and slept close to his brother. In the morning the