He saw some people making pots of clay. He said to them: “Why do you not ask me to lend you this digging-stick, instead of digging with your hands?”
They said: “Lend it to us.”
Hlakanyana lent them the digging-stick. Just the first time they stuck it in the clay it broke.
He said: “You have broken my digging-stick, the digging-stick that I received from my [[103]]companion, my companion who ate my birds and left me with the heads.”
They gave him a pot.
Hlakanyana carried the pot till he came to some boys who were herding goats. He said to them: “You foolish boys, you only suck the goats, you don’t milk them in any vessel; why don’t you ask me to lend you this pot?”
The boys said: “Lend it to us.”
Hlakanyana lent them the pot. While the boys were milking, the pot broke. Hlakanyana said: “You have broken my pot, the pot that I received from the people who make pots, the people who broke my digging-stick, the digging-stick that I received from my companion, my companion who ate my birds and left me with the heads.”
The boys gave him a goat.
Hlakanyana came to the keepers of calves.