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Story summary:
Keiyari, a young Meuram makrem (young man) from east Erub Island spends a day of trading with his male companions in villages on the west coast. Sending them home, Keiyari says he will not return until he finds a wife. Claiming he is too ill to travel home to Bikar-Paikai by himself, Keiyari convinces Tekei to allow her two beautiful Saisarem daughters to assist him, each shouldering an arm. Upon returning, he amazes his mother, Mair, by announcing that he is marrying the two sisters Imermer and Kikemermer. Incredulous and enraged, they bolt towards home with Keiyari in close pursuit – as they fought, a magical force interfered and transformed Keiyari into a crayfish, its battle scars seen as black dots where Tekei’s digging stick (kuseker) bruises him on both sides, while Tekei, metamorphoses into a flowering cod and the two sisters into black rocks.
