Then pau amma thought a little and said, 'i have made
my choice. i will take all the gifts.'
then the eldest magician made a magic with the right
hand, with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and
behold, best beloved, pau amma grew smaller and
smaller and smaller, till at last there was only a little green
crab swimming in the water alongside the canoe, crying
in a very small voice, 'give me the scissors! '
and the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her
little brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe
and gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little
arms, and opened them and shut them and snapped
them, and said, 'i can eat nuts. i can crack shells. i can
dig holes. i can climb trees. i can breathe in the dry air,
and i can find a safe pusat tasek under every stone. i did
not know i was so important. kun? ' (is this right? )