In the beginning there were four beings,19 and they lived on an island no larger than a hat. On this island there were no trees or grass or any other living thing besides these four people and one bird.20 One day they sent this bird out across the waters to see what he could find, and when he returned he brought some earth, a piece of rattan, and some fruit.  
Melu, the greatest of the four, took the soil and shaped it and beat it with a paddle in the same manner in which a woman shapes pots of clay, and when he finished he had made the earth. Then he planted the seeds from the fruit, and they grew until there was much rattan and many trees bearing fruit.
 
The four beings watched the growth for a long time and were well pleased with the work, but finally Melu said:
 
“Of what use is this earth and all the rattan and fruit if there are no people?”

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