When I have finished tying you, I will sound the drum. Po po po!Īrriving where Hippo was, Rabbit jumped and said, “Uncle, stop over there. Wa wa wa wa! Hippo splashed into the water there. He was stopped a short distance before reaching. “When you hear me beating the drum, then you will start to pull it in your direction.”Įlephant went there around ten o’clock. “Uncle, around eleven o’clock I want you to come and remove the drum for me.” Rabbit went to where Elephant was on the hill. When you hear me beating it, then you will start to pull. Let’s set the day on Saturday around ten o’clock. Rabbit went to where Hippo was and said, “This drum, hey, this drum, I’ll come and remove it for you. We are going to pull it out on Saturday.” He picked a day and said, “We are going to meet. “I was hoping you might come and pull it, well, remove it for me.” Then Rabbit went to Elephant and said, “Uncle, as for me, I am suffering so very much, and I don’t know what to do.”Įlephant asked, “What do you want?” Rabbit replied despondently, “Well, my drum is stuck in the mud . . .” I will come to remove that drum in the mud where it is surely stuck in the riverbank.” Pick a day, and I will come to remove it. “Wow, Rabbit! How can your drum be stuck in the mud? Okay, no problem. You see, my drum, which I like to beat, is stuck in the mud.” “Hippo, as for me, I am truly suffering a lot. Rabbit went to his uncle and asked, “Uncle, uncle, have you worked well with this one, with Elephant?” After he got his answer, Rabbit returned to where Hippo was. Hippo and Elephant had a healthy friendship-heck, they even used to play together! That was all before Rabbit, though . . . Once upon a time, people lived peacefully in the chiefdom. Reproduced with permission - from Rabbit Destroys a Friendship The following tales were recounted and shared collectively by a group of women who wish to be identified by name: Agnes Kaunda Chiwamine, Rosemary Mushota, Scolastica Kalengule Chiwamine, Exildah Mwansa Musoka, and Sarah Mweba. The Aushi are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Lwapula Province of the Republic of Zambia and in the Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Artwork from Lwapula Province / Courtesy of Dr.
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