Note 16 — RIDDLES.
Reading edition
Cf. Suaheli (Velten):
72a. I laid down meal in the evening and in the morning nothing was there.
b. I spread out my strips of matting at night; next morning I went out and found nothing there.
Eastern Bantu (Seidel):
12. I spread my bananas on a rock; the next morning all had been stolen.
Porto Rican (Mason and Espinosa):
225. Allá arriba hay un plato lieno de aceitunas;
de día se recogen, y de noche se riegan.