Balinese Children's Favorite Stories. Victor Mason

looked at the shining metal axe.

      "Oh, if only it were," he cried.

      "Please take it," said the dedari, "for I found it in the place where yours was lost."

      "Oh, fair maiden," Lentjod said solemnly, "it is not mine to take. However much I would love to own this axe, my conscience will not allow me to claim it as my own."