Phonda

Seen in the folk-tales

• Asuluka. Asange dingi kisonde. Uxi: ‘Kahima, zangula ponda ia mukaji etu.’ Kahima uxi: ‘Kalunga, kiki kisonde; kilumata.’ Asuluka. Abixila mu obia.They go on. They again find red ants. He says: ‘Monkey, pick up the girdle of our wife.’ Monkey says: ‘Sir, this is red ants; it bites.’ They walk on. They arrive at a field.XXI · told by Version A: the same informant as No. II
• Abixila mu kaxi ka njila; asange jinzeu. Na Ngo uxi: ‘Kahima, zangula ponda ia mukaji etu.’ Kahima uxi: ‘Kalunga, jiji jinzeu; jilumata.’ Na Ngo uolela, uxi: ‘Kahima, uadimuka.’They arrive in the middle of the road; they meet driver-ants. Mr. Leopard says: ‘Monkey, pick up the girdle of our wife.’ Monkey says: ‘Sir, these are drivers; they bite.’ Mr. Leopard laughs, saying: ‘Monkey, you are shrewd.’XXI · told by Version A: the same informant as No. II