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One day P's mother told him to take a wife. She said that she should be a silent type. He went to a house of a dead woman who was lying inside the house. He began to talk to the dead woman, but she could not answere because she is dead. He took her to his house and called to his mother: Mother, come and see your daughter in law. She does not talk she is a good woman.

The mother said: O she is [[strikethrough]] good [[/strikethrough] de dd. P. said: You are crazy. You told me to have a silent wife. She is very good wife. She will be your daughter in law. P. went in the house and lay the woman down inside the house. In three days, the stomach of the dead woman burst and the odors came out. He then believed that his wife is dead. He buried her. His mother then popped. P. said: O mother you are already dead because you are os odorous. She said: No my son. I am only popping. He said: No you are dead. He buried his mother in a hole he dug. The mother then died. The next day P. popped and said: O I must be dea; such a bad odor.  I must bury myself because no one will bury me if I am laying down in the house. He dug a hole and covered everything but his face. A band of robbers then passed by his grave. They said: We are going to rob that house. P. heard them and said: Oh if I were still living I would go with you. The robbers said: You are living. You are not dead because you are still talking.  He [[strikethrough]] n [[/strikethrough]] then went with this robbers.  When they entered the house, the robbers began to take the money and valuables while he went into the kitchen [[strikethrough]] . [[/strikethrough]] and got the coals of the fire. He put them into his pis. The coals caught the kitchen on fire and all the people in the house were running.  The owners awakened and chased the robbers. They all ran into the jungle.