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Chapter 77

           (TheirpovertyputstheminstarkoppositiontothericherfamilyfromthecapitalcityofDenpesarwhowillcometoseeKetutlaterintheafternoon,themotherbalancingonherheadathree-tieredbasketfilledwithfruitandflowersandaroastedduck-aheadgearsomagnificentandimpressivethatCarmenMirandawouldhaveboweddowninhumilitybeforeit.)

           Ketutisrelaxedandgraciouswithhiscompany.Helistenstotheparentsexplaintheirbaby’stroubles.ThenhedigsthroughasmalltrunkonhisporchandpullsoutanancientledgerfilledwithtinywritinginBalineseSanskrit.Heconsultsthisbooklikeascholar,lookingforsomecombinationofwordsthatwillsuithim,talkingandlaughingwiththeparentsthewholetime.ThenhetakesablankpagefromanotebookwithapictureofKermittheFrogonit,andwriteswhathetellsmeis"aprescription"forthelittlegirl.Thechildisbeingtormentedbyaminordemon,hediagnoses,inadditiontothephysicaldiscomfortsofteething.Fortheteething,headvisestheparentstosimplyrubthebaby’sgumswithpressedredonionjuice.Toappeasethedemon,theymustmakeanofferingofasmallkilledchickenandasmallpig,alongwithalittlebitofcake,mixedwithspecialherbswhichtheirgrandmothershoulddefinitelyhaveaccesstofromherownmedicinegarden.(Thisfoodwon’tbewasted;aftertheofferingceremony,Balinesefamiliesarealwaysallowedtoeattheirowndonationstothegods,sincetheofferingismoremetaphysicalthanliteral.

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