They commenced to eat, and when they were finished, Masilo charged his children, saying,
“Beware that you do not tell anybody of this, not one of your companions.”
They swore by him that they would not tell anybody.
Masilo and his family then lived upon this bird. The people were surprised when they saw him and his family. They said:
“Why are the people at Masilo’s house so fat? He is so poor, but now since his garden has appeared he and his children are so fat!”
They tried to watch and to see what he was eating, but they never could find out at all.
One morning Masilo and his wife went to work in their garden, and about the middle of the same day the children of that town met together to play. They met just before Masilo’s [[44]]house. While they were playing the others said to Masilo’s children:
“Why are you so fat while we remain so thin?”
They answered: “Are we then fat? We thought we were thin just as you are.”
They would not tell them the cause. The others continued to press them, and said: “We won’t tell anybody.”