________________
286
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1899.
And when the orphan did so, God passed the palm of his hand over the orphan's face, 80 that he saw as well in the night time as by day. And God instructed him to go to the level ground and look for a tree, which was bigger than the others, and to split ansl fell it. As soon was the orphan had cut the tree and it cracked, renily to fall, he was to run away quickly and mave himself; because, if the lazy man cauglit him, he wonld be killed. And the orphan went during the night and out that tree, so that at dawn it broke and fell. The orphan put down his axe quickly, clenched luis fists and made his escape at once. But the great tree cracked, and the entire trunk split and crashed down, all the water being spilt on the ground). When the Karen heard the noise his mind was uneasy, as he considered the crash must be that of his big tree. With an evil mind he ran qnickly at once to it, and finding the liquor evaporating, he said, "If I see the man who has felled this big tree of mine, I will kill kün off hand."
At this time, then, the Karen got no liquor, and was ill at ease, and he went abont inquiring for some from this man and thnt, bat no one could tell him (where to get it.) However, on his inquiring of Satan, the latter asked him in reply : -40 Karen, what is it yon are secking?"
The Karen replied: "O Satan, the sap of the tree that I ased to drink was pare and clear, but now there is nothing for me to drink. Have you ever chanced to drink froin such a tree?"
Satan asked, "What happens if one drinks sucli sap?"
The Karen answered, “O Satan, if one drinks that water, one becomes ezeeedingly fierce and strong."
Satan immediately got np and going to the liqnor jar, filled a cap with liquor and gave it to the Karen to drink. After the latter had drunk, he adressed Satan and asked him whencu he had procured it.
Satan replied, "O Karen, we know where to make that liquor." The Karen said, "Please tell me exactly how.”
Satan replied, "It is made as follows. Steep some unboiled riee in some water for a short time, and then take it again out of the pot, and pound it up with yeast powder, press it down with a lever and put it aside for seven days; then boil some rice and mix it with it. After letting it settle in water for three days you get a cienr liquid, which is the one (sou bave dank)."
And the Karen did carefully as Satan had instructed him, and browod some liquor. The Karen rank it and said, “This is iiulced the liquor."
He told Satan: “You have been kind to me and I will not forget you. My death I will die with you and my life I will live with you.
Then his father, Gol, know that his son was friendly with Satan, and, being grieved, le abandoned again the place where he lind been staying. So God, from dislike at the Kyren drinking liquor, left him.
111.- How the Kulás procurcil bouts. And tho Lord God said, "Those, my children, are no longer, of any ase to me. I will return and go to another country. I will get each of my children to come and accompany me on the way."
And God arose, and going to the Karon said to him, "My child, come and accompany your father on his way."
* This is obviously an interpolation by the worthy Saya, the object being to father he introduction of drinking liquor on this personage, who is unknown in Karen tradition. Doubtless in the original story it must have been some ná or mul-ka.
• 24 yi dä ya ka i-d-di-i da nd; da mi da ya ka ma ka då ut law.
