Well, this is the story of the boastful man on the plantation
trail.
And this is in some respect obviously post conquest.
There were men they are going to the plantation,
but there was one man very boastful.
The other men were not too proud of themselves.
Darkness came to the men on their way to the plantation.
The men are very downhearted at having
to sleep in fact, in the middle of the jungle.
In fact in the jungle there were many eaters of meat.
But the proud man was the only one who was not downhearted.
He made fun of the other men who were downhearted,
because of the eaters of meat in the middle of the jungle.
I'm not afraid of man eating jaguars like an old woman,
I'll take my machete to him they've
got the boastful man said.
You were afraid of jaguar just like an old woman,
the boastful man said making fun of them.
All the men kept their machetes beside them when they slept.
The boastful man sharpened his machete very sharp.
Now if that jaguar comes I'll slice him with my machete,
the boastful man said.
The boastful man slept among the other men with his machete,
but there was one man who heard the words of the jaguar talking
with the souls of the sleeping ones.
All the men's breath was sleeping breath,
the boastful man's too, but the Jaguar
spoke to the souls of every sleeper.
He asked every sleeper if the man who was sleeping
was his food.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said?
No, I am eaten by knife, the sleeper's soul said.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said.
No, I am eaten by a machete, the sleeper's soul said.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said.
No, I am eaten by a sickness, the sleeper so said.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said.
No, I am eaten by falling sickness for sleeper sole said.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said.
No, I am eaten by falling from a tree the sleeper soul said.
Are you my food?
Jaguar said.
I am, let's go now the soul of the boastful man said.
So the boastful man died of being
eaten by the jaguar on the trail to the plantation.
That is what they tell about the boastful man on the trail
to the plantation.
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