CHAKMl OP CHITTAGQNG HILL TRACTS. 3S5

gari parta te bar shuk pelun. Raja tare
to-make he*KQuld-be-able he much happiness would-get. The*kin$ him

tar par din eda kainai mu chuda gari ghara

of-that following day to-come having-said face melanclwly-making house

35 bhidare gel, dwar bani pari ral. Bhabte

in-inside went, door haying-closed having*laifrdoton remained, Considering

bhabte ghum gel. Ghumat shabanat dela.

considering asleep he-went. Sleeping a-dream-in he-saw*

Tar shida nedi ek jan bura mili beiaai ta-re

His crown-of-head near one person old woman having-sat him

kar 'ei gabur pwa tar jamei haba. Tar chera

is-telling, 'this young boy thy son-in-law will-be. Mis four

dhagedi cherwa balais ekkwa (sbadi for shati) bani dile, panit

sides-on four pillows one umbrella having-tied if-thot^givest^ the~water-in

40 jfeam dile ya na mariba. Ghumat-tun jaginai chela, kyare
jump if-he-give even not he-will-die. Sleep»in-from having-wakened he-looked, anyone

ua deist.
not he-saw.

Bennya par haJnai Eaja gbarat-tun nigili bare

Next-morning light having-become the-klng the~house-in*from emerging in-outside

el. Gabur pwawai ta-re barehel age dela. Tare

Game. The*young boy him-for waiting is he*s$w. Sim

ar-a bujela. abur ptrawai ek bare ya na shuuna
^gain-also he+remonstrated* The-yomg boy one time*at even not heard
Bengali. 2 *