nkapnkapi hantokmung-chi lānphelānphei having tied up in leaves having had taken down-that which having opened zesi sicho. Chi-silo-cho nungri-t-’oni-na kyon etsoyu saw. That-after children-the two man’s food and drink n-chămcheo ora-i tsangti-longpen-tai not-remembering jungle-in nuts berries-only hlotso-hloyuta vancho. Ole nchokacho opo-na picking eating-picking drinking stayed. Then one day (their) father otsi hānsi wo “oyi, otsi tsota.” to ezoa tsale food carrying going “come, food eat.” Thus having said calling nungri-t-’oni-na “A-po, eyo nhungo kyon etsoyu children-the two “my-father, we now man’s food and drink n-chamche kama yākso kamayiala.” to ezoa “wu-wu” not-remembering having become monkeys are becoming.” Thus saying “wu-wu” to khuta yakso kamayicho. Chi-silo-cho opo-na “Toka ni-ni-na thus calling monkeys became. That-after (the) father “Then you-two yakso kama yi-na oyan mung-thang-mungri eli chepya monkeys having become being-from village emung-time-keeping is seeing ’yam-li penchü-muchü shotso shoiya yitake,” to village-fields seeds-roots scratching up digging up will go,” thus ezoa yitokcho. Hochi-na nhunga-liya yakso-na oyan having spoken let (them) go. This-from now-till monkeys village mung-thang-mungri eli chepya ’yam-li penchü-muchü shotso emung-time-keeping is seeing village-fields seeds-roots scratching up shoiyala to rutala. digging up are thus (men) say. The interpretation of the tale is as follows:— A man and his wife had one son and one daughter. The wife died and the man married again. But the new wife did not love her step-children and ill-used them. One day she said to them, “Go down and watch the fields. I will send food down for you every day. Do not come back to the house.” But instead of food she only sent down rat-dung and chicken-dung and rice husks tied up in leaves. When the children opened the leaves they saw that their step-mother had sent them down filth instead of food. Then they forgot what human food was like and took to picking and eating berries in the jungle. One day their father brought down some food and called them to come and eat it, but they said, “We have forgotten what human food is like, father. We are turning into monkeys.” With these words they called out “wu-wu” and turned into monkeys. Then their father said, “You have turned into monkeys, and now you will watch for the days when the villagers are keeping emung and cannot go to the fields, and will scratch up the roots and seeds they have sown.” That is why to this day monkeys scratch up the roots and seeds in the fields when they see that the village is keeping emung. Abuse and Nicknames.