Súeng Chang
Lihan Baya tells a folk story in the Pei' Aloon dialect of the Sa'ban language. The story is about rescuing Súeng Chang after she has been taken up to the skies by Belalé's son. The story was recorded in Long Banga on 15th March 2019.
they went hunting
they got a wild boar
"oh Grandfather, slice the thigh meat"
"I'll tie it to my back"
"I'll go back"
"they took Súeng Chang away"
said Red Dog
he tied it to his back
"get home safe"
"I'll go ahead"
and he ran home
Súeng Chang wasn't there
Belalé's son had stolen her away up into the sky
afterwards he came home
he had no clothes on
he had no clothes on
why was Red Dog not wearing any clothes?
because Súeng Chang had been stolen maybe
oh
they went straight there
"he stole Sueng Chang"
"she's not here, Grandfather," he said
they got there
and the grandfather cried
"oh don't cry"
"cook the wild boar"
"boil..."
"cook"
"boil the wild boar for us to eat," he said
so he cooked
they boiled the wild boar
"don't worry"
"Red Dog will go tomorrow"
"make lots of darts"
"I'll shoot at the door into the sky"
"a door into the sky," he said
said Red Dog
he shot
one sticks
then the ends of the darts join together
and reach all the way to the ground
"aim it [the dart]"
said Red Dog to his grandfather
"I don't know how to do that," he said
"do you know how to do it?"
"you're a man"
"why don't you know how to do it?"
his darts flew around
and changed into a big mountain
making a path all the way to her
he stepped up
and when he reached the sky
he giggled
"I want to go to the toilet"
the man said
he wanted to go to the toilet
but it wasn't likely he would make it
it was a long way
so it was unlikely he would make it
he went
"oh that's Red Dog"
his hand was like this
"don't speak"
"let's run"
so the two of them ran home
he made the house change into stone
he made it change into a big stone
after that the three of them went off down river
they went off down river
"now you are staying under the rock in your house"
"as if I wouldn't destroy your house"
boom
he struck their house
he went away
he thought he had killed them
but actually they had left earlier
that's the end.