In a certain country there are a woman and a man, it is said. There is
also a little one of the woman's; the little one cannot talk well yet.
Having waited until the time when the man goes to the watch-hut
[at night], this woman every day while he is in the chena having
cooked raw-rice [160] eats small beans (maekaral) [with it] in the
house. Every day having cooked fry of them (the beans), and given to
the little one, they eat it every day at night [without his knowledge].
One day, at the time when the man comes, the little one says, "Father,
having cooked maekittan fry, and having cooked raw-rice, let us eat
her, eh?"
Then that man says at the hand of the woman, "What, Bolan, does this
one say?"
The woman says, "I don't know. He eats in dreams, [161] maybe. Cause
thread to be charmed for it and come back."
Afterwards the man, causing the thread to be charmed, came and tied
it on the arm of the little one.
North-western Province.