Kaj Ajvashti respondis: "Vi nek povas vivi sen ŝi." Kaj li turnis la
dorson kontraŭ la Viro kaj daŭrigis sian laboron.
Tiam la Viro diris: "Kion mi faros? Mi ne povas kun ŝi vivi, kaj mi
ne povas sen ŝi vivi!"
In the beginning, when Iwashti came to the creation of Woman, be
found that he had exhausted his material in the making of Man, and
that no solid elements were left.
In this dilemma, after much profound meditation, he did as follows:
He took the Rotundity of the Moon, and the Curves of the Creepers,
and the Clinging of Tendrils, and the Trembling of Grass, and the
Slenderness of the Reed, and the Bloom of Flowers, and the Lightness
of Leaves, and the Tapering of the Elephant's Trunk, and the Glances
of the Deer, and the Clustering of the Swarms of Bees, and the Joyous
Gaiety of the Sunbeam, and the Weeping of the Clouds, the Fickleness
of the Winds, and the Timidity of the Hare, and the Vanity of the
Peacock, and the Softness of the Parrot's Bosom, and the Hardness of
Adamant, and the Sweetness of Honey, and the Cruelty of the Tiger,
and the warm Glow of Fire, the Chattering of Jays, and the Cooing of
the Kabala, and the Hypocrisy of the Crane, and the Fidelity of the
Chakawaka; and compounding all these together, he made Woman and gave
her to Man.
But after one week Man came to him and said: "Lord, this creature
whom you have given me makes my life miserable. She chatters
incessantly, and teases me beyond endurance, never leaving me alone.
She takes up all my time, she cries about nothing, and is always
idle. I have come to give her back again, as I cannot live with her."
So Iwashti said "Very well," and he took her back.
Then after another week Man came to him and said: "Lord, I find
that my life is very lonely since I gave you back that creature. I
remember how she used to dance and sing to me, to look at me out of
the corners of her eyes, and play with me and cling to me, and her
laughter was music, and she was beautiful to look at and soft to
touch; so give her back to me again."
So Iwashti said "Very well," and he gave her back again.
Then after only three days Man came back again to him, and said:
"Lord, I know not how it is, but, after all, I have come to the
conclusion that she is more of a trouble than a pleasure to me, so
please take her back again."
But Iwashti said: "Out on you, shameful one! Be off! I will have no
more of this; you must manage how you can."