So, after two or three days had passed in that manner, the man asked, “Who, daughter, while I am coming home has eaten the rice that you have cooked and placed for me?”
Then the girl said, “I don’t know, father. Every day when I have cooked the food and placed it ready for you, and gone to rock in the golden swing, a Mahagē comes and begs fire from me. Then I say, ‘Is it here with me? It is at the hearth; take it.’ It will be the Mahagē.”
Then the man, having said, “Hā. Daughter, cook and arrange the food to-day also, and go to the golden swing,” got onto the shelf, and stayed there.
Afterwards the girl, having cooked and placed the food exactly as on other days, went to the golden swing. Then the Mahagē having come on that day also, begged, “Daughter, give me a little fire.” The girl said, “Is it here with me? It is at the hearth; take it.”
Then the Mahagē having gone into the house, and drawn out the pots, and eaten part of the rice, when she was about to rise after taking the fire, the man on the shelf asked, “What is that you have been doing?”
The Mahagē said, “What indeed! Why don’t you invite me [to be your wife]?”
The man said, “Hā. Stop here.” So the woman stayed.
After a great many days had passed, the woman lay down. “What are you lying down for?” asked the man.
The woman said, “It is in my mind to eat your daughter’s two eyes.”
Afterwards the man called the girl, and said, “Daughter, a yoke of cattle are missing; let us go and seek them.” While he went with the girl, taking a cord, the dog also followed behind.