The son-in-law, setting off for the journey, at the time when he was going along driving thirty [pack] bulls, met with a company of men going [after] placing sacks on twelve horses.
After he met with them this man said, “Anē! Friends, taking my thirty bulls, give me (dilallā) those few horses.” Then the men said, “It is good.”
This man having given the thirty bulls, at the time when he was going along taking the twelve horses, he met with yet a company of men who were going taking two elephants.
After that, this man said, “Friends, taking my twelve horses, will you give me those two elephants?” The men said, “It is good.”
Then this man, having given the twelve horses, at the time when he was going along taking the two elephants, he met with yet some men who were going hunting, taking twelve dogs.
Then this man asked, “Friends, taking my two elephants, will you give me those twelve dogs?” The men said, “It is good.”
After that, this man having given the two elephants, at the time when he was going on taking the twelve dogs he met with a company of potters, taking some pingo (carrying-stick) loads of pots.
Then the man asked, “From these twelve dogs taking six, will you give me for cooking in order to eat, a small cooking pot and a large cooking pot?” The men said, “It is good.”
After that, the man having given six dogs, taking a small cooking pot and a large cooking pot he went hunting with the other six dogs.
Having gone into the jungle, and prepared a hearth near an ant-hill, in order, after having cooked, to eat cooked rice, at the time when he was breaking fire-wood a cobra that was in that ant-hill came and bit the man. Then the man swooned owing to the poison’s having fallen there.