[7] This episode occurs in vol. i, No. 20, and vol. iii, No. 260. [↑]
[8] Isakē gahak, lit., a head-hair tree. A similar episode occurs in vol. iii, No. 208. [↑]
[9] The episode of the life in the sword which was burnt occurs in vol. i, No. 20, and vol. iii, Nos. 187, 237, 260. [↑]
[10] Hiṭapu hiṭapu taenwalaṭama. [↑]
No. 112
The Story about a Giant
In a certain country two men spoke together: “Let us two persons go to seek the kingdom gored [by] the Sky Buffalo,”[1] they said, it is said.
After that the two went, it is said. Procuring provisions, they began to go. At the time when they are going thus for not much time, one man was struck by inability [to proceed]. The man said, it is said, “Don’t you go here alone,” he said.
“Without going alone what shall I do?” he said. After that, that man died.