Note 44 — Chapter IV · MYTHS AND LEGENDS

“Ta Mita (Sir Dove) went into the jungle and found a lot of pigs. They did not run away when he came because they had no eyes to see him, no ears to hear, and no nostrils with which to smell. They had no mouths. Mita made mouths for them and gave them tusks which he made of tobur wood. He made eyes and ears and nostrils in their heads and taught them how to grunt and how to sneeze44.”