` Yes , ' said the Man . ` But now we must go back to Perak , and that is a weary way to paddle . If we had waited till Pau Amma had gone out of Pusat Tasek and come home , the water would have carried us there by itself . ' ` You are lazy , ' said the Eldest Magician . ` So your children shall be lazy . They shall be the laziest people in the world . They shall be called the Malazy -- the lazy people ; ' and he held up his finger to the Moon and said , ' O Fisherman , here is the Man too lazy to row home . Pull his canoe home with your line , Fisherman . ' ` No , ' said the Man . ` If I am to be lazy all my days , let the Sea work for me twice a day for ever . That will save paddling . ' And the Eldest Magician laughed and said , ` Payah kun ' -LRB- That is right -RRB- . And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line ; and the Fisherman let his line down till it touched the Sea , and he pulled the whole deep Sea along , past the Island of Bintang , past Singapore , past Malacca , past Selangor , till the canoe whirled into the mouth of the Perak River again . Kun ? ' said the Fisherman of the Moon . ` Payah kun , ' said the Eldest Magician . ` See now that you pull the Sea twice a day and twice a night for ever , so that the Malazy fishermen may be saved paddling . But be careful not to do it too hard , or I shall make a magic on you as I did to Pau Amma . ' Then they all went up the Perak River and went to bed , Best Beloved . Now listen and attend !
From that XXXXX to this the Moon has always pulled the sea up and down and made what we call the tides .
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