The King said, "What do you want?"

"Having built a house in the chena jungle (lande) and tied white cloths

[inside, on the walls and ceiling], [150] and put a bed [in it],

you must give me it."

Afterwards the King having caused a house to be built, and caused white

cloths to be tied, and caused a bed to be placed [in it], gave it.

Afterwards this man having caused the bride to stay in the rock house,

and having gone much beforehand (kalimma), crept under the end of

the bed in the house and remained [there] silently.

The man who said he could seize the Yaka, after it became night having

eaten and drunk, taking also a thread, came onto the bed in the house;

having come he utters spells (maturanawa). Then the man who is under

the bed shakes the jingling bangle a little.

The man who is uttering spells, after saying, "Ha, are you getting

caught?" utters spells loudly, loudly. [151]

Then the man who was under the bed having arisen, taking the man

together with the bed also, went to the rock house. Having gone there,

when he was placing the bed in the rock house, the man who was on

the bed, crying out and having got up, went to the city.

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