Note 7 — How a Woman became a Lapwing1

Thereupon, at that instant7 a disturbance (internal) having come to her, while this woman was saying, “Is it true, washerwoman? Is it true, washerwoman? Saw you him, washerwoman? Saw you him, washerwoman? Gave he them, washerwoman? Got she them, washerwoman? There are thirty ridīs, there are thirty, there are thirty,”8 except that she got her breath upwards, she did not hold it down. Having gone in that very manner, when she said there were thirty ridīs she became a female Red-wattled Lapwing,9 and flew away. Now also the Red-wattled Lapwings say, “Hoṭāe ṭikiri, hoṭāe ṭikiri.”10 From that time, indeed, the Red-wattled Lapwings increased.