The Journal Of American Folk Lore Vol 17 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. 17 In those far-away times, Sibu once thought what he could do to break up the seed of our kin, which he kept hidden without avail in a certain place. Then he made a bet with Jaburu, and they agreed that they would throw two cacao pods at each other, and that he should lose in whose hands the pod of cacao would break. And as Sibu did not want to lose again the seed of our kin, and let Jaburu have it, - for that was the stake they were going to play for, he willed that he would choose for himself the green cacao, and give the ripe one to Jaburu. They were to throw four times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.