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But, the monkey was still looking for the termite. And it fled to the Pohon Kendal. He said to Sang Pohon Kendal: “You must protect me from Sang Lutung so that I will not be eaten.” Then the monkey arrived. When the Kendal tree saw that Sang Lutung was chasing the termite, he said to Sang Lutung that his leaves were turning yellow and falling down, and that the termite had hidden himself under one of the fallen leaves. | But, the monkey was still looking for the termite. And it fled to the Pohon Kendal. He said to Sang Pohon Kendal: “You must protect me from Sang Lutung so that I will not be eaten.” Then the monkey arrived. When the Kendal tree saw that Sang Lutung was chasing the termite, he said to Sang Lutung that his leaves were turning yellow and falling down, and that the termite had hidden himself under one of the fallen leaves. | ||
At that point the termite ran away. When the coast was clear, he returned to the Kendal tree and said: “You, Sang Pohon Kendal, Jah Ta Semat. All of our generation will eat you, even though you are a live tree.” And it is for that reason that all Kendal trees are eaten by termites and are full of holes. | At that point the termite ran away. When the coast was clear, he returned to the Kendal tree and said: “You, Sang Pohon Kendal, Jah Ta Semat. All of our generation will eat you, even though you are a live tree.” And it is for that reason that all Kendal trees are eaten by termites and are full of holes. | ||
− | A little later Pohon Taap invited the termite and his friends to live under the protection of his green leaves and told the termites that he would protect them. Once again Sang Lutung arrived and asked Sang Taap if he had seen the termites. Sang Taap said that, | + | A little later Pohon Taap invited the termite and his friends to live under the protection of his green leaves and told the termites that he would protect them. Once again Sang Lutung arrived and asked Sang Taap if he had seen the termites. Sang Taap said that, indeed, he had seen the termites, but they had run away to the north, and suggested that Sang Lutung follow, which he did. |
The termites the told Sang Pohon Taap that they were very grateful for his protection. “We honor you for protecting us”, they said, “and so we will never eat you.” And so you never see a Taap tree eaten by termites, even though that is their favorite place to sit. | The termites the told Sang Pohon Taap that they were very grateful for his protection. “We honor you for protecting us”, they said, “and so we will never eat you.” And so you never see a Taap tree eaten by termites, even though that is their favorite place to sit. | ||
|ref=Fred Eiseman Jr - Proverbs, 1987 | |ref=Fred Eiseman Jr - Proverbs, 1987 |
Revision as of 05:59, 2 March 2017
kendal
- tree (Boraginaceae) en
- medium size tree, the roots and trunk of which are usually infested with termites and thus full of holes [see Example Sentence for the story behind this by Fred Eiseman] en
- grows mostly in higher elevations en
Andap
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Kasar
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Alus sor
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Alus mider
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Alus madya
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Alus singgih
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Mider
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Bali dataran dialect
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Bali aga dialect
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- ↑ Fred Eiseman Jr - Proverbs, 1987