They say that one Andriambahuaqui had three daughters and all three did not agree to marry a hova, but wanted their husbands to be Andrianas, like themselves. Three brothers with tails heard that the three sisters did not want to marry Khov, and came to them to get married. They dressed up in rich clothes and threw luxurious lamps over them, so that their tails were not visible at all. The brothers came to Andriambahuaca and said that they had come from distant lands to ask his daughters to marry them. The girls agreed; they were seduced by the beautiful outfits and liked - so they themselves said - that the three grooms were related to each other, like them.
The sisters set off to follow their husbands to where their home was; A slave went with them, whose name was Ibitrika. The brothers lived very far away, in a cave under large rocks. Having reached the rocks, they said to the sisters:
- This is our house. You sit here, and we will go and look for food for all of us.
When they returned, they brought a lot of honey and fat eels. They all ate together, and they all had their fill. The three brothers had an intention: they wanted to fatten the women and the slave Ibitrika, and when they became fat and fat, eat them. Every day they went hunting and returned with rich booty. Finally, women have become fat and fat. One evening, three brothers with tails, languishing with impatience, climbed onto the rocks and, while the Andriambahuaca daughters slept, began to dance. They danced, beat themselves with their tails and sang this song:
Young men from nearby places wanted to marry them, they said no. The evil ones wanted to marry them, they said yes. Who are we? We are animals.
But the slave Ibitrika did not sleep. He heard the song of the three brothers and in the morning he said to the three women:
— Your husbands sing strange songs at night. Evening came; the brothers again began to whip their tails and sing as they had done last night. Ibitrika woke up the three sisters to listen to their husbands' song. The sisters found out that they had married animals and were terribly afraid. The next day, waiting until the brothers, as usual, went hunting, the women cut off three logs from three banana trees, covered them with mats, put them in the place where they always slept, and ran away.
On this very day, three brothers with tails decided to eat their wives after a hunt. They came home and said:
- Now our wives are fat and fat; Look how soundly they are sleeping, let's eat them.
One immediately grabbed the body under the mat; he took a large bite and was surprised: there was no blood flowing, the meat was tasteless and tough - even a tooth was broken. The rest also rushed to the mats to grab their wives, and then everyone saw that in front of them were logs cut from banana trees. Then the brothers went to look for the fugitives to Andriambahuaca, their father.
The women returned home safe and sound, but did not immediately go home. They climbed into the trees near the well and hid. The Andriambahuaca slave came to fetch water, saw the reflection of one of the sisters in the well and said:
“I’m too beautiful to be a slave.”
Out of frustration, she even broke the jug. The sisters laughed; the slave looked up and saw that they were hiding in the trees. She ran as fast as she could to Andriambahuaca's hut.
- Your daughters are back! - she shouted. “They hid in the trees near the well!”
Andriambahuaca summoned the slaves; he ordered to kill many bulls and spread the carcasses one by one from the hut to the well. The sisters returned to wash without touching the ground with their feet.
The women told Andriambahuaca how they noticed that their husbands were not people at all, but animals. At that very moment three brothers with tails appeared. They were dressed up just as magnificently as the first time, and hid their tails under lambs.
“We came for our wives,” they said. “We treated them well, but they left without telling us anything, and we were very surprised.”
“Don’t be angry with them,” said Andriambahuaca. “Today I want to arrange a holiday for you, let’s all feast and have fun together, and tomorrow you and your wives will return home.”
Everyone began to eat and drink, and Andriambahuaca brought a whole barrel of tuaki to the three brothers. Soon they became completely intoxicated and began to show their tails without hesitation. Then Andriambahuaca ordered them to be killed, because they were animals.
Since then, Hova and Andriana are no longer at odds with each other, and Andriana often marries Hova.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru