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Grantang did not complain, he only wept and ran away. Then Tjoepak, who had no intention of working in the fields alone, said to his mother: 'Why did you drive away my brother? Give me food and I will go after him; I cannot let him die. So he caught him up and they went along together till they came to Daha, at the very moment when the king had called together all the dignitaries of his kingdom to consult about the rescue of his daughter, Moestikan Ing Daha, who had been stolen away by the ogre, Detya Menaroeng. The king swore that whoever killed the ogre and rescued his daughter should marry her and become heir to the throne.

Tjoepak at once vowed that he would kill the ogre, boasting that ogres were to him no more than flying ants which he crushed between his fingers. It was in vain that Grantang tried to hold him back; he had to go too, and after a great feast they set forth, laden with food for the journey. Of course the load was put on Grantang's shoulders, and all the people laughed and said: 'How odd that it is the good-looking one who has the load to carry!' Then Tjoepak insisted on taking it, hoping to be praised too. But they only laughed the louder. Whereupon he became very angry, and gave it back to Grantang. They walked and walked till they came to the forest of Mengoeli, and sat down to rest under a banyan-tree.

And Tjoepak said: 'We must have some water to drink with our food, but if I leave you here alone you will never be able to defend the food from thieves; so you had better go and fetch it. And so that Grantang might stay away a long time he gave him a leaky water-pot, then settled down to eat up all the food himself, and afterwards tore the basket to pieces so that it might look as if dogs had stolen the food. Then he lay down and went to sleep. It took Grantang a long time to mend his leaky pot and fill it with water, and when he got back Tjoepak woke with a great start and told his story about the dogs.

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