Bakaka

Two days later, one Monkey came to look at the Bakaka.

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The air was full of smoke, and the little monkeys were crying; but the old Monkey bit them, and said, "Keep still, for the Bakaka told us not to speak."

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"Don't make such a noise!" chided the old Monkey, "and do not take the tual, for the Bakaka will be angry, and he is a great bird."

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Then the sky grew black, for the Bakaka and the Tortoise were going around the meadow with lighted sticks of balekayo, [146] and setting fire to the grass.

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At last the Bakaka said to all the monkeys, "Three days from now you may all go to the tual-tree.

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