and wanted to kill him; but the brother said, "Do not kill him; he does not understand." He sang:
"Leave him alone, leave him alone!
There at his home I told him,
When you find a stranger,
Do not laugh,
If or when he plants a garden,
Leave him alone, leave him."
So the sheep left him alone. The Man said, "Did I not tell you not to laugh?" The Picanin said, "All right, I will not."
Then they came to the Man's house. There was a mouse carrying a waterpot. The Picanin laughed and said to the mouse, "What is this? Never have I seen this before." The mouse was angry and wanted to kill him; but the brother said, "Do not kill him; he does not understand; he has never been here before." And he sang:
"Leave him alone, leave him alone!
There at his home I told him,
When you find a stranger,
Do not laugh,
If he carries water,
Leave him alone, leave him."
So the mouse let him go. The Man said to the Picanin, "You must not laugh at anything strange, here it is done so every day." The Picanin said, "All right, I will be quiet." That night as they lay in their bed a snake came into the hut. The Picanin laughed and said, "What is that?" The Man said, " It is my brother." The snake was angry and wanted to kill him. The Man sings as before;
"… Do not laugh,
When you see a snake coming."
The snake slept with them in their bed. The Picanin was afraid and slept close to his brother. In the morning the
