Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort, by Richard Edward Dennett, ,
at sacred-texts.com NENPETRO (kind of wild cat) and Nsessi (the
gazelle), agreed that in case of famine the one might eat the
other's mother. The famine came. Nsessi killed Nenpetro's mother
and ate her; but, loving his own mother very much, he took her
into the bush, and hid her there in a cave, telling her never to
come out unless she should bear him call her. Each day he took
her food, but not caring to carry it himself, he got Nenpetro's
little son to carry it for him. Now this little boy felt with
his father in his loss of his mother, and so resolved to tell
him where Nsessi kept his mother. Thus he told Nenpetro, and
showed him the way to the cave where Nsessi had hidden his
mother. Nenpetro then simulated the voice of Nsessi, and called
to her to come out. When she came, Nenpetro killed her and took
her to town. Then he had her cooked, and gave a feast, and
invited Nsessi. But Nsessi wondered where he could have got his
meat, and went to