He said: “Will you, my cock, take this message to the father and mother of Tangalimlibo?”
The cock answered: “I will do so, my master.”
He said: “Let me hear what you will say.” [[64]]
The cock answered: “I will sing——
“I am a cock that ought not to be killed—Cock-a-doodle-doo!
I have come to intimate about Tangalimlibo—Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Tangalimlibo is dead—Cock-a-doodle-doo!
She dipped water for a person that cannot be named—Cock-a-doodle-doo!
It was tried to send an ox; it bellowed—Cock-a-doodle-doo!
It was tried to send a dog; it barked—Cock-a-doodle-doo!”