B211 Story: the kepuh tree, the crow and the snake, when the crow steals Amad's clothes.

WOMAN BEARING; TIPPED-UP; KRAUSE-BACK; FOUNTAIN; BATH; NUDE; WOMAN; NIEUWS-SEATED; NGENDON BREASTS; PROCESSION; WORK; INTERIOR; ENTERING DOOR; VILLAGESCAPE; FOLIAGE-FILL; SUBSISTENCE

Top R: woman pouring water from dipper, animal and naked child watch Bottom L: man with one arm outstretched and woman bathes Bottom R: row of men with spears.

I AMAD AND THE CROW\n(dictated by Dewa Made Koendel)\nThere was a kapok tree, that was always being bothered by the cowherds. Every day they would cut down branches of it, to feed their cows. . It was nearly dead, when a crow came by.\nThe tree said to the crow, Ih! you Crow, help me please, so that I can stay alive. I've been thinking of an plan for a long time. You and I can be friends.\nWell, I'll help you.\nSo then the crow went to look for corpses, and hung them on the tree. And then when the cowherds came, they smelled the stink and they ran away, and they didn't dare go there again. So in a while the tree became fat again. And the crow laid some eggs there.\nlh! you Kapok Tree! take care of my eggs for me, they are in the hole in your trunk. I'm going to go and look for something to eat.\nAnd while Crow was away, a big snake came and asked for the eggs to eat.\nIh! Kapok Tree! Whose eggs are these? I'm terribly hungry, I'd like to eat them. Those are Crow's eggs.\nIh! you Kapok Tree! How come you are friends with a crow? Every day he hangs corpses on you. If I was your friend those people wouldn't dare come here.\nSo then he ate Crow's eggs. Crow came back, \nIh! you Kapok Tree! Who ate my eggs? \nSnake did!\nAnd so the Crow was angry. Well, that's it! And the Crow had an idea, how he could havel the snake killed. He would go and steal the clothes of Amad, and fly away with them, and Amad would kill the snake to get them. He didn't want to kill the snake himself.\nSo he flew until he found Amad bathing, and he stole his clothes, and put them up on the Kapok Tree. Amad wept for his clothes, and then his servant told him that his clothes were on the Kapok Tree. So then Amad made a shout to his fellow villagers, and told them to go to the place where the Kapok Tree was. When they got there, they climbed up the tree, and they were just going\nto reach for the clothes when they saw the snake.\nSo they got down again, and didn't want to climb again. So then they went to get some fire, and they set fire to the Kapok Ttree, and killed the Snake.\nThen a long time later the Crow was friends again with the Kapok Tree.\n