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There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.  
There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.  
=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===
=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===
Once there was a childless couple. They would play a game together.  They would make [[riddle]]s.  Whoever lost the riddle game would give the winner a [[:en:Wallago attu|Shareng fish (Wallago attu, helicopter catfish)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.language.1358/page/n44/mode/1up|title=Folktales of Manipur|last1=B. Jayantakumar Sharma|last2=Dr. Chirom Rajketan Singh|date=2014|pages=44}}</ref> The husband made a riddle like this: <blockquote><poem>
Once there was a childless couple. They would play a game together.  They would make riddles.  Whoever lost the riddle game would give the winner a [[:en:Wallago attu|Shareng fish (Wallago attu, helicopter catfish)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.language.1358/page/n44/mode/1up|title=Folktales of Manipur|last1=B. Jayantakumar Sharma|last2=Dr. Chirom Rajketan Singh|date=2014|pages=44}}</ref> The husband made a riddle like this: <blockquote><poem>
"A man with four hands
"A man with four hands
With a rucksack by his side,  
With a rucksack by his side,  
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