loud chant:

Whoever comes here, will die, will die!

At this all the dancers grew so frightened that they burst
through the ring of their captors, and ran back to the village,
the turtles following--very slowly. On the way the chief turtle
met a man, who said to him:

'That woman who was to have been your wife has married another
man!'

'Is that true?' said the turtle. 'Then I must see him.'

But as soon as the villager was out of sight the turtle stopped,
and taking a bundle containing fringes and ornaments from his
back, he hung them about him, so that they rattled as he walked.
When he was quite close to the hut where the woman lived, he
cried out:

'Here I am to claim the woman who promised to be my wife.'

'Oh, here is the turtle,' whispered the husband hurriedly; 'what
is to be done now?'

'Leave that to me; I will manage him,' replied the wife, and at
that moment the turtle came in, and seized her by the wrist.
'Come with me,' he said sternly.

'You broke your promise,' answered she. 'You said you would be