edge of the cliff. There staid || the one who was going to kill him. 115 Then the giant arrived. | He was kicked hard. When he saw that he was about to be kicked, | he tried to take hold of the leg, but he missed it. | He began to fall. The chff was high. At the bottom | he fell into the water; and because only his bones remained, || he could not 120 swim, and sank at once. They looked for him a long time, | but he was not seen again. Thus the giant was killed. |
Now I have told you how a person long ago | became quickly a giant. |
77. The Mother-in-law Taboo
Long ago the people used to be ashamed of each other. | Mother- in-law and son-in-law could not talk to each other. They could not look ! at their faces. When mother-in-law and son-in-law met, they were afraid of each other. | Those who were not ashamed of the mother-in-law were known || not to love her. Whoever was much 5 ashamed of | his mother-in-law was known to love her very much. | The reason why he is ashamed is that then his mother-in-law will never get angry at him and never scold him. | Whoever is not ashamed of his mother-in-law is known | to be always angry at her, and never afraid to scold || his mother-in-law. The people held it this 10 way in olden times. | Now they forget how their grandparents used to do, I because they met white people. | This is .the way the mother- in-law and son-in-law did, | and why they are not ashamed of each, other any more. |
