ave them right.

Our Lord said to the Merchant, "Thou goest to market until thy life
stands still." Our Lord said to the Cricket, "Do thou give notice
whenever it is time! This is thy work."

Our Lord said to the little red Ants, "Whenever ye see any Insect
unwell and lying down in a place, then go, assemble yourselves and
finish it."

Now the Cricket begins to give notice as soon as it is evening and does
not keep silence in his hole until the morning comes; this is its
employment. The Merchant has no farm and does not do any work, but
constantly goes to market; this is its employment, given to it by the
Lord. Now the little red Ants, whenever they see an Insect unwell and
lying down they go and assemble themselves against that Insect, and,
even if that Insect has not yet expired they finish it. This our Lord
gave to the little red Ants for their employment.

I have now told thee the fable of the Insects, which I have heard of
Omar Pesami. This is finished.

Man and Turtle

Let me tell of Turtle of Koka.

Man of Lubi la Suku caught a Turtle in the bush; he came with it to the
village. They said: "Let us kill it!"

Some people said: "How shall we kill it?" They said: "We shall cut it
with hatchets." Turtle replied, saying:

"Turtle of Koka,
And hatchet of Koka;
Hatchet not kill me a bit."

The people said: "What shall we kill him with?" Some said: "We shall
kill him with stones." Turtle, fear grasped him, he said: "I am going
to die." He says by mouth:

"Turtle of Koka,
And stone of Koka;
Stone will not kill me a bit."

The people said: "Let us cast him into the fire!" Turtle said:

"Turtle of Koka,
And fire of Koka;
Fire will not kill me a bit.
On my back,
It is like stone;
Not there can
Catch on fire."

The people said: "We will kill him with knives." Turtle said:

"Turtle of Koka,
And knife of Koka;
Knife will not kill me a bit."

The people said: "This fellow, how shall we do? How shall we kill
him?" These said: "Let us cast him into the depth of water." Turtle
said: "Woe! I shall die there! How shall I do?" The people said: "We
have it! We have found the way we can kill him!"

They carry him; they arrive with him at the river. They cast him into
the depth. Turtle dives; after a while he emerges. There he is
swimming and singing:

"In water, in my home!
In water, in my home!"

The people said: "Oh! Turtle has fooled us