Mpunzikazi replied: “You are not worthy to speak to me, as I am to be the wife of a chief.”
The frog said: “Go on then; you will see afterwards what will happen.”
When the girl got tired, she sat down under a tree to rest. A boy who was herding goats in that place came to her, he being very hungry.
The boy said: “Where are you going to, my eldest sister?”
Mpunzikazi replied in an angry voice: “Who are you that you should speak to me? Just get away from before me.”
The boy said: “I am very hungry; will you not give me of your food?”
She answered: “Get away quickly.”
The boy said: “You will not return if you do this.”
She went on her way again, and met with an old woman sitting by a big stone.
The old woman said: “I will give you advice. You will meet with trees that will laugh at you: you must not laugh in return. You will [[51]]see a bag of thick milk: you must not eat of it. You will meet a man whose head is under his arm: you must not take water from him.”