` But how can we manage that ? ' asked Pivi . ` Oh , we shall do all the same things over again -- play at slinging , and , this time , you shall break my leg , Pivi ! ' ` With all the pleasure in life , ' said Pivi , who was always ready to oblige . So they went slinging , and Pivi broke Kabo 's leg , and Kabo fell into the river , and floated into the bamboo , and the woman blew him out , just as before . Then she picked up Kabo , and put him in the shed , and told him what to do when the Black Ant came , and what to do when the Red Ant came . But he did n't ! When the Black Ant came , he shook himself , and behold , he had a twisted leg , and a hump back , and was as black as the ant . Then he ran to the woman . ` Look , what a figure I am ! ' he said ; but she only told him to climb the tree , as she had told Pivi . But Kabo climbed with both hands and feet , and he threw down the nuts , instead of carrying them down , and he put them in the hut . And when he went back for them there he found two horrid old black hags , wrangling , and scolding , and scratching ! So back he went to Pivi with his two beautiful wives , and Pivi was very sorry , but what could he do ? Nothing , but sit and cry . So , one day , Kabo came and asked Pivi to sail in his canoe to a place where he knew of a great big shell-fish , enough to feed on for a week . Pivi went , and deep in the clear water they saw a monstrous shell-fish , like an oyster , as big as a rock , with the shell wide open . ` We shall catch it , and dry it , and kipper it , ' said Pivi , ` and give a dinner to all our friends ! ' ' I shall dive for it , and break it off the rock , ' said Kabo , ` and then you must help me to drag it up into the canoe . ' There the shell-fish lay and gaped , but Kabo , though he dived in , kept well out of the way of the beast .
Up he came , puffing and blowing : ` Oh , XXXXX , ' he cried , ' I can not move it .
Ant Kabo Pivi Red bamboo day figure hags shed week