| Description |
The crab and the rat work hard to grow food in their garden, but when they finally go to fetch the food their garden is full of pigs. They chase out the pigs but keep one to eat. They work hard to prepare the pig but they do not have a knife so they have to ask an old woman next door to borrow her knife. She realises they're cooking pig and she tells all the women. All the women come and take the pig as soon as it's ready, eat it and poo in the hole. When the rat and the crab find the poo they are very angry and summon a wave to get rid of all the women and pigs. They sing a song to summon the wave, while the rat climbs a tree and the crab goes into a hole to escape. All the women and pigs are carried away by the big wave. This story is also told in Bislama. This is a story for children with animal characters. This item is about the following topics: Animal story; Custom story; Song; Old woman; Rat; Crab; Wave; Pigs; Garden. This was recorded in Mele Maat. The setting for this recording was outside in the village. This item has been transcribed, spell-checked, translated into Bislama and English, and has morpheme-level interlinear glossing. |
