Pray, rise from me!”
She then rose from him, and they hunted again after each other round the shrub, till the Woman fell down, [[84]]and the Lion jumped upon her. She then addressed him:
“My Uncle! it is morning, and time to rise;
Pray, rise from me!”
He rose, of course, and they hunted each other again, till the Lion fell a second time. When she jumped upon him, he said:
“My Aunt! it is morning, and time to rise;
Pray, rise from me!”
They rose again and hunted after each other. The Woman at last fell down. But this time, when she repeated the above conjuration, the Lion said:
“Hè Kha! Is it morning, and time to rise?”
He then ate her, taking care, however, to leave her skin whole, which he put on, together with her dress and ornaments, so that he looked quite like a woman, and then went home to her kraal.