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Rh "Open thy mouth, lord, while we throw one in."

Tauribolena opened his mouth and swallowed the hot fruit, saying, "It is sweet indeed."

Then the women threw another into his open mouth, and yet another, and at last they threw the red hot stone on which the fruit had been cooked. Tauribolena swallowed it as he had done the fruit, though much smoke came from his mouth. On a sudden he rose in anger, and took his bag, in which were stone axe heads and obsidian, and threw it into the sea. Then he cast himself in, and swam to the island of Iriwavo, which is a great way off, and was seen no more.



a certain village dwelt a man and his wife, whose children were two, a boy and a girl. The father and mother went to the gardens, and the children stayed at home. Before she went away, the mother said to the girl, "Cook some food, and chew it till it is soft. Then feed the dog with it," and she said to the boy, "Take the dog down to the river and give it a bath."

Now the children were angry with their mother, because, when she was leaving, she seemed to be