“We are going to my village. My wife has tumours. We are going to apply medical treatment,” he said.
“Where? Let us look at them. I also know a little medical art,” he said.
Then he showed them. When the man who was taking the bull saw them he said, “They are growing larger; they will never become well,” he said.
Then the Gama-puta thought, “This woman does not matter to me.” So he said, “It would be good for you to give me that bull and take this woman.” So taking the bull he gave the woman.
“This one has water in his stomach (i.e., he had drunk water); you will be careful,” the man said.
Then having taken the bull, as he was going to the village he took a large cloth and tied it round the middle of the bull. While he was there after tying it, a man came, carrying a bill-hook on his shoulder. When he saw it he asked, “What is this doing?”
“This one has water in his stomach; on that account I have tied the cloth round it,” he said.
Having seen the bill-hook, “What is that?” he asked.
“This is a bill-hook,” the man said.
After he asked, “What do you do with the bill-hook?” the man said, “Taking a packet of cooked rice and a water-gourd, it is for cutting the jungle,” he said.