ABSTRACT

A CERTAIN Boy used to go to a village to escort a Girl to his town. Now there was a river between them, and one day when they arrived at the bank of the river, he saw that it had risen, and he said " Stay here, and let me go and see if it is very deep or not" (1). So he went and entered the water, and was just about to come out [on the other side] when he heard a Father-Dodo asking " Have you caught him? " and just then the Young Dodos came and grasped his foot, but he kicked them off, and got out. Then [he heard the Father-Dodo speaking again], he said" Never mind, he will return."