October 2014

: 201410_STE-000; I ask the kids for stories. Dabɔt comes by I ask him he says no. Lots of noise from people making catapult. MPG tells me to ask NK and CPY This recording is also held by the British Library, ID C1773/21/1

: 201410_STE-001; KSG tells me a story. Story of kwāɁ. SR interrupts him and says he wants to tell a different story. This recording is also held by the British Library, ID C1773/21/2

: 201410_STE-002; KSG is trying to tell a story at the same time as his brother about looking for snails, but SR wins. Story: two siblings go digging for Kənsey, they hear the sound of tɔs tɔs tɔs, it's the sound of him bashing his penis, they are afraid, one wants to run away, one wants to watch. One climbs up the tree. One gets bitten by an ant, the sarɔt sees her, he has sex with the tree until the tree falls over, then he has sex with her, when she gets back to the camp, she is sick and dies. Lots of use of expressive language. This recording is also held by the British Library, ID C1773/21/3

: 201410_STE-003; Story: Batak tell the father to get his wild pig from the forest that he caught earlier. The father tells the mother that if she hears the sound of kawaw pompakoh that she is to follow it to safety. The Batak kill the father (KSG interjects and says he is afraid), they give the the thigh-bone of the father to the child who refuses to leave, the others run away to safety. This recording is also held by the British Library, ID C1773/21/4

: 201410_STE-004; they go and cast-fish. The mother tells them to make rice. It's cooked, they wait for them to get back. The mother becomes Ɂikan kalɔy. They are cast-fishing at the jaman, they catch the husband, they go downriver, they lie they say they have caught many fish. Child can't find mother, has a dream of a young beautiful ant (lɛ̄s), knows mother is dead. KSG interjects, CPY interjects, they get very confused about order of events. In the end they become aubergines. Then people eat the aubergines. Lots of dreams about cockroaches/ants/butterflies. They plant the seeds of the aubergines. This recording is also held by the British Library, ID C1773/21/5

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