"Good day," he said.
"Good day," Karwin answered.
"This is a big flood," Booran remarked.
"Yes, it is a very big one. All the land has gone away."
"Yes, but it will come back. Fish are scarce, now that the river is high."
"That is very likely," said Karwin.
Then, having made all these stupid remarks, as all men do before they come to business, they stopped, and looked at the sky, and Booran said, "I wonder if more rain will come!"
Murla struck in suddenly.
"Men are very strange," she said. "They are always ready to jabber. How is it that you go about in that little boat?"
"Because I like it," said Booran shortly, for he did not approve of women talking so freely, neither did he like the question about his canoe.