Hlakanyana said: “Let us put a rope from one rock to another, and let all go over it. He that has eaten the fruit of the tree will fall down from that rope.”
One of the monkeys went over first. The next was Hlakanyana himself. He went over carefully and avoided falling. It came to the turn of that monkey with the branch on. He tried to go, but when he was in the middle he fell down.
Hlakanyana said therefore: “I have told you that it is this monkey.”
After that he went on his way.
Hlakanyana came to the house of a jackal. He asked for food, but the jackal said there was none. Then he made a plan.
He said to the jackal: “You must climb up on the house and cry out with a loud voice, ‘We are going to be fat to-day because Hlakanyana is dead’ ”
The jackal did so. All the animals came running to hear that news. They went inside the house, because the door was open. Then [[116]]Hlakanyana shut the door, and the animals were caught. After that Hlakanyana killed the animals and ate.
Hlakanyana returned to the home of his father again. He was told that his sister was gone away for some red clay. When she was returning he shouted: “Let all the black cattle which have white teeth be killed. The daughter of my father is coming who has white teeth.”
The chief said: “What is the matter with you, Hlakanyana?”
He just repeated the same thing.