"Beddou."
"By the Lord, Beddou, watch my oxen while I go to drink."
"Go!"
When he had gone, he took away one of the oxen. On his return the laborer saw that one was missing. He went to the other traveller and asked him:
"By my father, what is your name?"
"Amkammel Ouennidhui" ("The Finisher"), he answered.
"By the Lord, Amkammel Ouennidhui, watch this ox for me while I go look for the one that is gone."
"Go!"
He stole the other one. When the laborer returned he didn't even find the second.
The two thieves went away, taking the oxen. They killed them to roast them. One drank all the water of the sea, the other all the fresh water, to wash it down. When they had finished, one stayed there to sleep, the other covered him with ashes. The former got up to get a drink and the ashes fell on the road. When he came back, the second covered himself with the ox-head. His brother, who had gone to get a drink, was afraid, and ran away. They divided the other ox to eat it. The one who had drunk the sea-water now drank fresh water, and the one who had drunk fresh water now drank sea-water. When they had finished their repast they took up their journey. They found an old woman who had some money, upon which she was sitting. When they arrived they fought. She arose to separate them. One of them took her place to pass the night, and pretended that he was dead. The old woman said to him: