under the old man's house, tied to a post.

"What are you doing here, my friend?" said the iguana.

"That old man wants me to marry his daughter, but I do not want to
marry her," said the turtle.

Now, the iguana very much wanted a wife, and he was delighted at this
chance. So he asked the turtle to be allowed to take his place. The
turtle consented. So the iguana released the turtle, and was tied up
in his place. Then the turtle made off as fast as he could.

When the old man woke up, he heard some one saying over and over again,
"I want to marry your daughter." He became angry, and went down under
the house to see who was talking. There he found the iguana saying,
"I want to marry your daughter." The old man picked up a big stick
to beat its head, but the iguana cut the string and ran away.

On his way he came across the turtle again, who was listening to
the sound produced by the rubbing of two bamboos when the wind
blew. "What! are you here again?" said the iguana.

"Be quiet!" said the turtle. "I am listening to the pipe of my
grandfather up there. Don't you hear it?"

The iguana wanted to see the turtle's grandfather, so he climbed
up the tree, and put his mouth between the two bamboos that were
rubbing together. His mouth was badly pinched, and he fell down to
the ground. The turtle meanwhile had disappeared.

MORAL: This teaches that the one who believes foolishly will be
injured.

Notes.

This story is doubtless native. A Tinguian tale related to ours is
given by Cole (No. 78), whose abstract runs thus:--

A turtle and lizard go to stem ginger. The lizard talks so loudly
that he attracts the attention of the owner. The turtle hides; but the
lizard runs, and is pursued by the man. The turtle enters the house,
and hides under a cocoanut-shell. When the man sits on the shell, the
turtle calls. He cannot discover source of noise, and thinks it comes
from his testicles. He strikes these with a stone, and dies. The turtle
and the lizard see a bees' nest. The lizard hastens to get it, and
is stung. They see a bird-snare, and turtle claims it as the necklace
of his father. Lizard runs to get it, but is caught and killed.

Some of the incidents found in the Tinguian story we have met with
in No. 55; e.g., episodes K, J, L, and "king's bell." Indeed, there
appears to be a close connection between the "Monkey and Turtle"
group and this story. A Borneo tale of the mouse-deer (plandok),
small turtle (kik