Tons of rock and boiling mud were thrown high into the air. A cloud of red shot out of the top of a hill in the center of the island. “You should never laugh at your grandfather,” he said, “especially as he is blind.” Before the boy could answer, a strong wind started to blow and the sky became black. An old man with a long white beard appeared in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, there was a terrible roar like the firing of cannon. The old man banged on the ground with his stick. “Don’t you know? some chickens are eating the paddy” replied his grandson. They made a noise just like chickens eating the paddy. He caught a couple of crabs on the beach and placed them on the paddy. One day, his grandson played a trick on him. Whenever chickens came to eat the paddy, he used to bang on the ground with a long stick to chase them away. He often sat in the sun outside his house looking after paddy which his son placed there to dry. Once upon a time, an old blind man lived on Timbun Mata Island.
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