|xue as ostrich and other things

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Title

|xue as ostrich and other things

Collection

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Contributor

!nanni (XI)

Summary

|xue becomes an ostrich and goes into a rock. He becomes an owl and dies and flies eat him. |xue's wife carries him to her house. She fetches a large pot and puts him in the pot, pours water on him and builds a great fire, intending to cook him. |xue cries because he is afraid of the fire and his wife asks if it is her husband who cries. |xue's wife breaks the pot and |xue says 'I say |xue', revealing himself. |xue's wife cries.

Comments

1) !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu), 2) This story is found in Book XI & XII-5

Type

story

Date

March 1880

Category

Transformation

Keyword

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Story Pages

9349v-9353v

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