The chief said: “Let a black ox be killed, but you must not break any of its bones, because it belongs to the daughter of a chief.”
So Hlakanyana got fat meat to eat that day.
Hlakanyana went one day to tend the calves of his father. He met a tortoise.
He said: “Where are you going to, tortoise?”
The tortoise answered: “To that big stone.”
Hlakanyana said: “Are you not tired?”
The tortoise replied: “No, I am not tired.”
Hlakanyana took it and put it on his back. Then he went to the house of his mother.
His mother said: “What have you got there, my son?” [[117]]
Hlakanyana answered: “Just take it off my back, mother.”