386 SmONGA FOLKLORE. 



No," said tlie lion, " I don't want to."' And the lion was 

 angry. Then the hare said, " Well, I have nothing .to do with 

 you. If you do not want to come here, it's all right. I'll eat all 

 the monkey-nuts." 



Then the lion said, " I'll give you something. I will beat you 

 if you don't bring the monkey-nuts here." 



" You may do that if you like," said the hare, " but I won't 

 bring you the monkey-nuts." 



Then the lion tried to stand up to go to beat the hare, but 

 his tail was fastened tight behind. He tried and tried, but he 

 could not, he could not go. He tried to turn behind to pull 

 the root up, but he could not reach it with his paw. He could 

 not go . from that place. 



Then the hare said: " You have killed my grandmother and 

 that is why I have done this to you." And he began to cry 

 aloud and shout and call the people saying, " Come, come all 

 of you, and look at this gentleman here, this great mhunumu- 

 zana !" 



Many people came together, and the lion was killed, and the 

 hare ran away after the Hon was killed. That is the end. 



II. 



NWAMPFUNDLA AND THE LeOPAUD. 



Nwampfundia, the hare, was running away, running as fast 

 as he coyld, so fast that his feet threw up the sand — pff f pff! — 

 behind him. . . . As he was running away as fast as he 

 could, he found a leopard in the path, who was carrying a piece 

 of meat in her mouth. 



The hare stopped and stood still in the path, looking at the 

 leopard. 



" Oh, Mrs. Leopard," said the hare. " what are you carry- 

 ing that piece of flesh for? Why don't you eat it? " The leopard 

 answered, " I am taking it home, so that I can feed my cubs." 



" Oh! " replied the hare, " why should you do the work of 

 looking after your cubs? You should be like a lady and let 

 somebody do that work for you. You may just as well give me 

 that work. Let me have charge of your cubs. I can keep them 

 very well indeed. I have been a servant of the lion. I used to 

 look after the lion's cubs. I can take care of your cubs for you. 

 If you let me look after them they will get on so well that they 

 will be as big as you are just in no time." 



The leopard said, " Oh, I am very glad indeed to find some- 

 one like you to do this work for me'. You can look after my cubs 

 for me. Your words are good." 



