It let the porcupine beat in this race.
Then it said: “I did not think you could run so fast, but let us try again.” They ran again, and it allowed the porcupine to beat the second time. They ran till the porcupine was so tired that he said: “Let us rest now.”
They sat down to rest, and the porcupine went to sleep. Then the inkalimeva rose up and ate all the fat. When it had finished eating, it threw a stone at the porcupine, which caused him to jump up.
He called out with a loud voice: “The fat belonging to all the animals has been eaten by the inkalimeva.”
Then the animals came running up, and put the porcupine to death.
They put fat in the kraal the sixth time, and selected the hare (umvundla) to be the keeper [[183]]of the gate. At first the hare would not consent.
He said: “The coney is dead, and the muishond is dead, and the duiker is dead, and the bluebuck is dead, and the porcupine is dead, and you will kill me also.”
They promised him that they would not kill him, and after a good deal of persuasion he at last agreed to keep the gate. When the animals were gone he laid himself down, but he only pretended to be asleep.
In a short time the inkalimeva went in, and was just going to take the fat when the hare cried out: “Let the fat alone.”
The inkalimeva said: “Please let me have this little bit only.”