They said to her: “Where is Hlakanyana?”
The old woman replied: “He just went across that river. See, you must make haste to follow him, for the river is rising.”
The army passed over the river quickly. Then that old woman turned into Hlakanyana again. He said in himself: “I will now go on a journey, for I am wiser than the councillors of my father, I being older than they.”
The little cunning fellow went to a village, where he saw an old woman sitting beside her house.
He said to her: “Would you like to be made young, grandmother?”
The old woman replied: “Yes, my grandchild; if you could make me young, I would be very glad.”
Hlakanyana said: “Take that pot, grandmother, and go for some water.”
The old woman replied: “I cannot walk.”
Hlakanyana said: “Just try, grandmother; [[99]]the river is close by, and perhaps you will be able to reach it.”
The old woman limped along and got the water.