IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Would you take a knife and kill our friend Ndova, 

 who has been so often the cause of our getting food, 

 thus preventing us from starving ? " 



Then I recounted one by one all the different times 

 Ndova and Andekko had saved us from hunger or 

 starvation and said : " Rogala, Ndova and Andekko 

 have been faithful to us. We shall be faithful to 

 them, and if we get food we will divide it amongst 

 all of us." 



All the time I was thinking what to do to relieve 

 our hunger. We were in desperate straits. Suddenly 

 I said : *' Rogala, I have found food.'* 



At my words Rogala brightened up. " Where is 

 the food ? " he inquired. 



"There," I said, pointing to my bed. He glanced 

 there, but there was no food to be seen, and he looked 

 disappointed. 



"Yes, Rogala," I persisted, "there is food on my 

 bed." 



Two antelope skins which we had stretched and 

 dried lay on my bed. I had intended to make shoes, 

 leggings, and trousers with them. But, pointing to 

 the two skins, I said: "We will boil these skins and 

 eat them. That will keep us all from starving until 

 we find game." 



Rogala's eyes were now full of life and hope. I 

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