In a certain country there are a woman and a man, it is said. While
they were there the woman bore two girls and a boy. When they were
there a long time the man died.
After that, the big girl having grown up, they gave her in diga
(marriage). The boy cannot speak well; his nose is short. The
other girl has become considerably big. That boy is older than the
girl. It is Nahakota's [151] endeavour to call that younger sister
[in marriage]. That woman (their mother) having perceived that, went
with the daughter to the place where the other big daughter was given;
and having conducted her [there], came back.
After that, a day or two having passed, Nahakota went, in order to
call the girl back [to be his wife]. Having gone [he said] at the
girl's hand, "Younger sister, mother told me to go back with thee;
on that account I came here."
While coming with that girl, having met with villages on the road
that girl says, "Elder brother, is our village still far away?"
Then Nahakota says, "Why do you say, 'Elder brother, elder
brother?' Would it be bad if you said, 'Husband, husband' (Wahe)?"
Then that girl being frightened, comes without speaking. Again, when
coming a little further, she asks, "Elder brother, is our village
still far away?"
Then Nahakota says, "Why do you say, 'Elder brother, elder
brother?' Would it be bad if you said, 'Husband, husband?'"
Then the girl being frightened comes without speaking. Thus, in that
way they came quite home. Having come, Nahakota said to Nahakota's
mother, "Mother, pound flour and cook cakes. I am going to spread
nets to catch [animals] for my [wedding] feast." Having said it,
Nahakota went to spread nets, joining with a man.
After that, the girl says, "Mother, when elder brother and I were
coming, I asked at elder brother's hand, 'Elder brother, is our
village still further on?' Then elder brother said, 'Why do you say,
"Elder brother, elder brother?" If you said, "Husband, husband,"
would it be bad?'"
Afterwards the woman says, "Daughter, let us two go somewhere or
other before that one comes." Having said it, and cut the throat
(lit., neck) of a cock, and hung it above the hearth, and placed
a cooking-pot on the hearth, and blown the fire, and shut the house
door, the woman and the girl went somewhere or other.
Nahakota, having spread nets, came home. While he was in the veranda,
as the blood of the fowl [hanging] in that house was falling into the
cooking-pot, the pot having become heated, for three watches (each
of four hours) when each drop of blood was falling it makes a noise,
"Cos, cos," [152] like cooking cakes.
Nahakota thought, "Our mother, etc., cooking cakes, indeed, that
is." [153] Having sprung into the open space in front of the house,
and beaten and beaten tom-toms on his rear, he began to dance, singing
and singing, "Ade! Tude! They are cooking cakes for my Nahakota feast."
Having danced, after it became night, on account of their not opening
the door Nahakota knocked at the door and told them to open the
door. They did not open it.
Afterwards, having opened the door, when he looked there was nobody. A
cock, only, was hung near the hearth, a cooking-pot placed on the
hearth, only the fire is blazing on the hearth.