` Shall I ask the Man here to cut you with kris ? Shall I send for Raja Moyang Kaban , the King of the Elephants , to pierce you with his tusks , or shall I call Raja Abdullah , the King of the Crocodiles , to bite you ? ' And Pau Amma said , ' I am ashamed ! Give me back my hard shell and let me go back to Pusat Tasek , and I will only stir out once a day and once a night to get my food . ' And the Eldest Magician said , ` No , Pau Amma , I will not give you back your shell , for you will grow bigger and prouder and stronger , and perhaps you will forget your promise , and you will play with the Sea once more . Then Pau Amma said , ` What shall I do ? I am so big that I can only hide in Pusat Tasek , and if I go anywhere else , all soft as I am now , the sharks and the dogfish will eat me . And if I go to Pusat Tasek , all soft as I am now , though I may be safe , I can never stir out to get my food , and so I shall die . ' Then he waved his legs and lamented . ` Listen , Pau Amma , ' said the Eldest Magician . ' I can not make you play the play you were meant to play , because you escaped me at the Very Beginning ; but if you choose , I can make every stone and every hole and every bunch of weed in all the seas a safe Pusat Tasek for you and your children for always . ' Then Pau Amma said , ` That is good , but I do not choose yet . Look ! there is that Man who talked to you at the Very Beginning . If he had not taken up your attention I should not have grown tired of waiting and run away , and all this would never have happened . What will he do for me ? ' And the Man said , ` If you choose , I will make a Magic , so that both the deep water and the dry ground will be a home for you and your children -- so that you shall be able to hide both on the land and in the sea . ' And Pau Amma said , ' I do not choose yet . Look ! there is that girl who saw me running away at the Very Beginning .
If she had spoken then , the Eldest XXXXX would have called me back , and all this would never have happened .
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