83
A crab and a shell go to get wood. The crab pulls the rope on his load so tightly that he breaks his big legs and dies. The shell finds his friend dead and cries until he belches his own body out of the shell and he dies.
84
A mosquito tells a man he would eat him were it not for his ears.
85
A messenger goes to negotiate a marriage. When he arrives he sees the people nodding their heads as they suck meat out of shells. He returns home without stating his mission, but reports an acceptance. Girl's people are surprised when people come for pakálon.
86
A man sees people eating bamboo shoots, and is told they are eating pagaldanen. He understands them to say aldan—"ladder," so he goes home and cooks his bamboo ladder. Is ridiculed by his friends.
87
A man with heavily laden horse asks the length of a certain trip. Boy replies, "If you go slowly, very soon; if you go fast, all day." The man hurries so that coconuts keep falling off the load and have to be replaced. It is dark when he arrives.