The Moorman says, “O Rākshasa, where are you going?”
The Rākshasa says, “I cannot live in this jungle!”
The Moorman says, “If so, I will take over this chena jungle.” He took it, the Moorman.
The Rākshasa afterwards having gone from the jungle, a Yakā went into the jungle. In that jungle there is a very excellent[3] tree. In the excellent [tree] in that jungle the Yakā lives. When he was [there] he saw that the Rākshasa is going, the Yakā. The Yakā having become afraid began to run off, having descended.
Then the Rākshasa came near the tree. Having come, when he looked he perceived that the Yakā had been [there]. The Rākshasa thought, “I must create for myself a man’s disguise”; he created it. [After] creating it he ascended that tree; having ascended the tree he stayed [there] seven days.
He saw two men taking a hidden treasure. The Rākshasa thought, “I must eat these two persons.” Afterwards these two men came to that very tree. After they came the Rākshasa slowly descended. After having descended (baehaelā hiṭan), having come near those men he says, “Where went ye?”
Then the men say, “We came for no special purpose (nikan).”
“What is this meat in your hand?” he asks.
The men say, “This meat is indeed human.”[4]
Then the Rākshasa says, “Why didst thou tell me lies?” Having said it he seized them. Having finished seizing them, to those men says the Rākshasa, “I must eat you.”