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A crab and kool[8] went to the forest to get wood for fuel. The crab cut his wood and the shell went to cut his. “Tie very good your wood which you get,” said kool to the crab. The crab pulled the ropes so tightly that he broke his big legs and died. When the shell went to see where the crab was, he found him dead, and he begun to cry until he belched; then his meat came out of his shell and he was dead also.
84[9]
A mosquito came to bite a man. The man said, “You are very little and can do nothing to me.” The mosquito answered, “If you had no ears, I would eat you.”
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A boy's parents sent a man to carry gifts to the girl's house, and see if they would agree to a marriage. When he got to the door of the house, the people were all eating kool, and when they sucked the meat out of the shell, they nodded their heads. The man saw them nod, so did not state his errand, but returned and said that the people in the house all desired the union. Then the boy's people got ready the things for pakálon[10] and went to the girl's house. The girl's parents were very much surprised.