that Pakih Soetan is the one who has the power to do that; he is summoned to the palace, revives Noeroel Alam and marries her; meanwhile back in his own country, radjo Ange’ Garang hears of the marriage of Noeroel Alam and Pakih Soetan, goes to war and is defeated by Pakih Soetan; together with his wife, Pakih Soetan goes to see his parents; on his way he is chosen by a white elephant to become ruler of a kingless country; back home Pakih Soetan finds his country reverted into a jungle, the palace has changed into stone; through the magic of the ring everything reverts to its original form; he finds his parents again as traders in the market. Van Ronkel 1921, pp. 217-8, no. 534 (wrongly described as Cod.Or. 5907); III ff. 22v-25v: Kaba Sija’ Oleh-, Minangkabau; the story of a poor young man who lives with his mother and whose livelihood is fishing for prawns; one day he catches a burak bird stealing his prawns; he brings it home and it appears that the burak's droppings are pure gold; Sija’ Oleh becomes rich and is invited by the ruler to stay in the palace to entertain the prince with his burak; one day the burak pecks at the pomegranate of the prince who begins to cry; Sija’ Oleh asks the burak to fly the prince and him to the forest to find some fruits; on their way the prince descries a palace and asks to be brought there; the palace is the residence of princess Satangkai Boenga, called so because she is as light as the stem of a flower; every day the prince wants to be brought to the princess; the ruler finds out that the princess is growing heavier all the time and captures the prince; as he is going to be executed the burak saves him; now the ruler asks the princess to choose her own husband; she finds the prince clad in old and dirty clothes and chooses him; they marry and the prince becomes the ruler of both countries. Van Ronkel 1921, pp. 217-8, no. 534 (wrongly described as Cod.Or. 5907).

522. Cod.Or. 5913 Pepatah 18 ff.; Minangkabau; exercise book; 21 x 16'A cm.; 24 lines per p.; Roman characters; written by the Radjamoeda at Matur; exercise book no. 64; Van Ophuysen coll. The text is on ff. lv-6v; the first f. is not numbered; the numbering begins with the second f. and ends with f. 17; contains a collection of 42 sayings of the same kind as those found in Cod.Or. 5911, for example Ba’ Tjino karam, Ba’ Batak soembajang, Ba’ Oelanda satandi, etc. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 230, no. 562 (wrongly described as Cod.Or. 5908).