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to a third, and Kiiitu went forward and marked this one also, and said : " That is mine 

 also." 



Muguhi .said : '' Quite correct ; your cow lias had two calves since she arrived in 

 Heaven. You are a ]irodig.v, Kintu. Take your cows, and take Nambi also, and go 

 back to the earth. Wait a Int." Here Mugulu called his servants and said to them : 

 "Goto my store and fetch one banana ]ilant, one potato, one bean, one Indian corn, 

 one ground-nut, and one hen." The things were brought, and Mugulu then addressed 

 Kintu and Nand)i : " Take these things with you ; you may want them." Then 

 addressing Kintu he said : " I must tell you that Nambi has a brother named Warumbe 

 (Disease or Death). He is mad and ruthless. At this moment he is not here, so you 

 had better start quickly before he returns. If he sees you he may wish to go with you, 

 and you are certain to (juarrel." Then to Nambi : " Here is some millet to feed the 

 hen on the road down.* If you forget anything, don't come back to fetch it. That is 

 all ; you may go." 



Kintu and Nambi started, and when they were some distance on the journey 

 Nambi suddenly remembered that it was time to feed the hen. She asked Kintu for 

 the millet, but it was nowhere to be found, and now it was clear they had forgotten 

 it in the hurry of departure. 



" 1 shall return and fetch it," said Kintu. 



" No, no, you must not. Warumbe will have returned, and he will probably wish 

 to accompany us. I don't want him, and you had better not return." 



" But the hen is hungry, and we must feed it." 



" Ye.s, it is," assented >iambi. 



Nambi remained where she was, and Kintu returned to Mugulu, and explained 

 that he had forgotten the millet. ]\Iugulu was very angry at his having returned, and 

 Warumbe, who just then arrived, asked: "Where is Nambi?" 



'' She is gone to the earth with Kintu." 



" Then I must come too," said Warumbe (literally, " Death "). 



After some hesitation Kintu agreed to this, and they returned together to 

 Nambi. 



" Otya," said Nambi. 



" Otya," replied Kintu. 



" Hum." 



"Ham." 



"Hum." 



" Ham." 



" Hum." 



" Ham." 



Nambi then objected to Warumbe accompanying them ; but he insisted, and finally 

 it was agreed that he should come for a time and stay with Nambi and Kintu. 



They all three proceeded, and reached the earth at a place called Magongo in 

 Uganda, and they rested. Then the woman planted the banana and the Indian corn, 

 the bean and the ground-nut, and there was a plentiful crop. In the course of time 

 three children w^ere born, and Warumbe claimed one of them. 



" Let me have this one," said he to Kintu. " You have still two remaining." 



"Oh, I caimot spare one of these, but later on, jierhaps, I may be able to 

 spare one." 



Years passed !>>•, and many more children were born, and Warumbe again begged 

 Kintu to give him one. Kintu went round to all the children with the object of 



* Mugulu never omitted a detail. 



