While they were waiting for the second “Bung!” the second brother climbed up the same tree. What had happened to the first happened also to him, and so to the third in turn. As soon as the youngest brother heard the third fall, he thought of looking for his share. He crept about to find the cocoanuts. Alas! he discovered that his three brothers lay dead on the ground. He went away from the place crying very loud.
Now, his crying happened to disturb the patianac,[2] who were trying to sleep. They went out to see what was the matter. When they found the poor helpless blind man, they were very much moved, and they gave him food and shelter for the night. They also gave him the tail of a pagui,[3] which would help him find his fortune, they said. At daybreak they showed him the way out of the grove.
The blind man walked on and on, until he was hailed by a lame man resting under a shady tree. “Friend, carry me on your shoulders, and let us travel together!” said the lame man to the blind.
“Willingly,” replied the blind man.
They travelled for many hours, and at last came to a big, lonely house. They knocked at the open door, but nobody answered. At last they entered, and found the place empty. While they were searching through the house, the owner came. He was a two-headed giant. The blind man and the lame man were upstairs.
The giant was afraid to enter the house, but he called in a voice of thunder, “Who’s there?”
“We are big men,” answered the two companions.
“How big are you?” asked the giant.
“We are so big that the foundation of the house shakes when we walk,” the two replied.
“Give me a proof that you are really big men!” cried the giant again.