At midday the bird sent word to the chief, saying, “Command all your people to spread mats in all the paths.”
The chief commanded them to do so. Then the bird brought all the children out, and the people were greatly delighted. [[48]]
THE STORY OF FIVE HEADS.
There was once a man living in a certain place, who had two daughters big enough to be married.
One day the man went over the river to another village, which was the residence of a great chief. The people asked him to tell them the news. He replied, that there was no news in the place that he came from. Then the man inquired about the news of their place. They said the news of their place was that the chief wanted a wife.
The man went home and said to his two daughters: “Which of you wishes to be the wife of a chief?”
The eldest replied: “I wish to be the wife of a chief, my father.” The name of that girl was Mpunzikazi. [[49]]
The man said: “At that village which I visited, the chief wishes for a wife; you, my daughter, shall go.”
The man called all his friends, and assembled a large company to go with his daughter to the village of the chief. But the girl would not consent that those people should go with her.