--- title: Opening, part 23 — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 23, «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: At first they said they could do nothing for him and told him to go away and not disturb them; but Wang Chih would not --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / Opening, part 23 # Opening, part 23 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/) **2** Thanking the Hare, he rushed through it, and ran toward his own house, arriving in time to take from his wife’s hand the taper with which she was about to light the red and yellow lanterns which swung over the door.[69](../../69/ "tree and pragmatics") “What has kept you so long, father?[70](../../70/ "tree and pragmatics") Where have you been?” asked Han Chung, while little Ho-Seen-Ko wondered why he kissed and embraced them all so eagerly.[71](../../71/ "tree and pragmatics") But Wang Chih did not tell them his adventures just then; only when darkness fell, and the Feast of Lanterns began, he took his part in it with a merry heart.[72](../../72/ "tree and pragmatics") LUMAWIG ON EARTH[73](../../73/ "tree and pragmatics") One day when Lumawig, the Great Spirit, looked down from his place in the sky, he saw two sisters gathering beans, and he decided to visit them.[74](../../74/ "tree and pragmatics") When he arrived at the place he asked them what they were doing.[75](../../75/ "tree and pragmatics") The younger, whose name was Fukan, answered:[76](../../76/ "tree and pragmatics") “We are gathering beans, but it takes a long time to get enough, for my sister wants to go bathing all the time.”[77](../../77/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Lumawig said to the older sister:[78](../../78/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hand me a single pod of the beans.”[79](../../79/ "tree and pragmatics") And when she had given it to him, he shelled it into the basket and immediately the basket was full.[80](../../80/ "tree and pragmatics") The younger sister laughed at this, and Lumawig said to her:[81](../../81/ "tree and pragmatics") “Give me another pod and another basket.”[82](../../82/ "tree and pragmatics") She did so, and when he had shelled the pod, that basket was full also.[83](../../83/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he said to the younger sister:[84](../../84/ "tree and pragmatics") “Go home and get three more baskets.”[85](../../85/ "tree and pragmatics") She went home, but when she asked for three more baskets her mother said that the beans were few and she could not need so many.[86](../../86/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Fukan told her of the young man who could fill a basket from one pod of beans, and the father, who heard her story, said:[87](../../87/ "tree and pragmatics") “Go, bring the young man here, for I think he must be a god.”[88](../../88/ "tree and pragmatics") So Fukan took the three baskets back to Lumawig, and when he had filled them as he did the other two, he helped the girls carry them to the house.[89](../../89/ "tree and pragmatics") As they reached their home, he stopped outside to cool himself, but the father called to him, and he went into the house and asked for some water.[90](../../90/ "tree and pragmatics") The father brought him a cocoanut shell full, and before drinking Lumawig looked at it and said:[91](../../91/ "tree and pragmatics") “If I stay here with you, I shall become very strong.”[92](../../92/ "tree and pragmatics") The next morning Lumawig asked to see their chickens, and when they opened the chicken-coop out came a hen and many little chicks.[93](../../93/ "tree and pragmatics") “Are these all of your chickens?” asked Lumawig; and the father assured him that they were all.[94](../../94/ "tree and pragmatics") He then bade them bring rice meal that he might feed them, and as the chickens ate they all grew rapidly till they were cocks and hens.[95](../../95/ "tree and pragmatics") Next Lumawig asked how many pigs they had, and the father replied that they had one with some little ones.[96](../../96/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Lumawig bade them fill a pail with sweet potato leaves, and he fed the pigs.[97](../../97/ "tree and pragmatics") And as they ate they also grew to full size.[98](../../98/ "tree and pragmatics") The father was so pleased with all these things that he offered his elder daughter to Lumawig for a wife.[99](../../99/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Great Spirit said he preferred to marry the younger, and so it was arranged.[100](../../100/ "tree and pragmatics") Now when his brother-in-law learned that Lumawig desired a feast at his wedding, he was very angry and said:[101](../../101/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where would you get food for your wedding feast?[102](../../102/ "tree and pragmatics") There is no rice, nor beef, nor pork, nor chicken.”[103](../../103/ "tree and pragmatics") But Lumawig only answered, “I shall provide our wedding feast.”[104](../../104/ "tree and pragmatics") In the morning they all set out for Lanao, for Lumawig did not care to stay any longer in the house with his brother-in-law.[105](../../105/ "tree and pragmatics") As soon as they arrived he sent out for some tree trunks, but the trees that the people brought in were so small that Lumawig himself went to the forest and cut two large pine trees which he hurled to Lanao.[106](../../106/ "tree and pragmatics") When the people had built a fire of the trees he commanded them to bring ten kettles filled with water.[107](../../107/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon the water was boiling hot and the brother-in-law laughed and said:[108](../../108/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where is your rice?[109](../../109/ "tree and pragmatics") You have the boiling water, but you do not seem to think of the rice.”[110](../../110/ "tree and pragmatics") In answer to this Lumawig took a small basket of rice and passed it over five kettles and they were full.[111](../../111/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he called, “Yish-tjau,” and some deer came running out of the forest.[112](../../112/ "tree and pragmatics") These were not what he wanted, however, so he called again and some pigs came.[113](../../113/ "tree and pragmatics") He told the people that they were each to catch one, and for his brother-in-law he selected the largest and best.[114](../../114/ "tree and pragmatics") They all set out in pursuit of the pigs and the others quickly caught theirs, but though the brother-in-law chased his until he was very tired and hot he could not catch it.[115](../../115/ "tree and pragmatics") Lumawig laughed at him and said:[116](../../116/ "tree and pragmatics") “You chase that pig until he is thin and still you cannot catch it, though all the others have theirs.”[117](../../117/ "tree and pragmatics") Thereupon he grasped the hind legs of the pig and lifted it.[118](../../118/ "tree and pragmatics") All the people laughed and the brother-in-law said:[119](../../119/ "tree and pragmatics") “Of course you can catch it, because I chased it until it was tired.”[120](../../120/ "tree and pragmatics") Lumawig then handed it to him, and said: “Here, you carry it.”[121](../../121/ "tree and pragmatics") But no sooner had the brother-in-law put it over his shoulder than it cut loose and ran away.[122](../../122/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why did you let it go?” asked Lumawig.[123](../../123/ "tree and pragmatics") “Do you care nothing for it, even after I caught it for you?[124](../../124/ "tree and pragmatics") Catch it again and bring it here.”[125](../../125/ "tree and pragmatics") So the brother-in-law started out again, and he chased it up stream and down, but he could not catch it.[126](../../126/ "tree and pragmatics") Finally Lumawig reached down and picked up the pig and carried it to the place where the others were cooking.[127](../../127/ "tree and pragmatics") After they had all eaten and drunk and made their offerings to the spirits, Lumawig said:[128](../../128/ "tree and pragmatics") “Come, let us go to the mountain to consult the omen concerning the northern tribes.”[129](../../129/ "tree and pragmatics") So they consulted the omen, but it was not favorable, and they were starting home when the brother-in-law asked Lumawig to create some water, as the people were hot and thirsty.[130](../../130/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why do you not create water, Lumawig?” he repeated, as Lumawig paid no attention to him.[131](../../131/ "tree and pragmatics") “You care nothing that the people are thirsty and in need of drink.”[132](../../132/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they quarreled and were very angry and Lumawig said to the people, “Let us sit down and rest.”[133](../../133/ "tree and pragmatics") While they rested, Lumawig struck the rock with his spear, and water came out.[134](../../134/ "tree and pragmatics") The brother-in-law jumped up to get a drink first, but Lumawig held him back, and said he must be the last to drink.[135](../../135/ "tree and pragmatics") So they all drank, and when they had finished the brother-in-law stepped up, but Lumawig gave him a push which sent him into the rock, and water came from his body.[136](../../136/ "tree and pragmatics") “You must stay there,” said Lumawig, “because you have troubled me a great deal.”[137](../../137/ "tree and pragmatics") And they went home, leaving him in the rock.[138](../../138/ "tree and pragmatics") Some time after this Lumawig decided to go back to the sky to live, but before he went he took care that his wife should have a home.[139](../../139/ "tree and pragmatics") He made a coffin of wood and placed her in it with a dog at her feet and a cock at her head.[140](../../140/ "tree and pragmatics") And as he set it floating on the water, he told it not to stop until it reached Tinglayen.[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, if the foot struck first, the dog should bark; and if the head end was the first to strike, the cock should crow.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics") So it floated away, on and on, until it came to Tinglayen.[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/) - next →: [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/)