Note 8 — Kurulu-gama Appu, the Sooth-sayer
H. (Henry) Parker translation
The sooth-sayer, becoming afraid, went as far as he could see him, and thinking, “I will strike my head against a tree and die,” came running and struck his head against a tree.8 Then the sooth-sayer said, “O Father! It was as though a hundred fire-flies flew about.”