While they were fastening the thatch, Hlakanyana sewed the hair of the tail of the hyena fast. Then he took the pot and sat down.
The hyena said: “Let that pot alone, Hlakanyana.”
He replied: “I am going to eat now.”
The hyena wanted to come down, but he found his tail was fast. Hlakanyana ate all the meat, and threw the bones at the hyena. The hyena tried to frighten him by saying there were many hyenas coming quickly to devour him. He just answered: “That is false;” and continued eating till the meat was finished. Then he went on his way.
Hlakanyana came to a river. He saw an iguana that was playing on an ugwali (a simple musical instrument). [[111]]
Hlakanyana said to the iguana: “Lend me your ugwali for a little, please.”
The iguana said: “No, you will run away with my ugwali.”
Hlakanyana replied: “How can I run away with a thing that is not mine?”
So the iguana lent him the ugwali. When Hlakanyana saw that he could play upon the instrument nicely, he ran away with it. The iguana pursued him. Then Hlakanyana changed himself into a rush. The iguana took that rush and threw it across the river, saying: “If I could only see him, I would throw him like this.” Then the rush turned to be Hlakanyana again, and he went on his way playing on the ugwali of the iguana.
Hlakanyana came to the house of a leopardess. He proposed to take care of her children while the leopardess went to hunt animals. The leopardess agreed to that. There were four cubs. After the leopardess had gone to hunt, Hlakanyana took one of the cubs and ate it.