ABDI AND ABDULLAH 35S 



talkative mood, he stopped a while to join in the 

 stories of lion hunting. 



After a time he told two of his own that he 

 had brought from his boyhood home in Jubaland. 

 They were so remarkable that you don't have to be- 

 lieve them unless you want to. 



Abdi's Uncle and the Man-Eaters 

 ABDl's STORY ABOUT HIS UNCLE AND THE LIONS 



"Once upon a time my uncle, who was a great 

 runner, encountered six man-eating lions sitting in 

 the road. He took his spear and tried to kill them, 

 but they divided, three on each side of the road. So 

 he took to his heels. To the next town it was twelve 

 hours' march, but he ran it in ten hours, the lions in 

 hot pursuit every minute of the time. When he 

 reached the town he jumped over the thorn bush 

 zareba, and the lions, close behind him, jumped over 

 after him and were killed by his spear, one after 

 the other." 



