The wife did as she was told , and when she had finished she said to her husband , ` The bag is all ready and quite full . ' ` Very well , ' said he , ` and now good-bye ; I am going after the nyamatsane . ' But the nyamatsane was not so easy to find as the woman had hoped . The husband walked on and on and on without ever seeing one , and every now and then he felt so hungry that he was obliged to eat one of the crusts of bread out of his bag . At last , when he was ready to drop from fatigue , he found himself on the edge of a great marsh , which bordered on one side the country of the nyamatsanes . But there were no more nyamatsanes here than anywhere else . They had all gone on a hunting expedition , as their larder was empty , and the only person left at home was their grandmother , who was so feeble she never went out of the house . Our friend looked on this as a great piece of luck , and made haste to kill her before the others returned , and to take out her liver , after which he dressed himself in her skin as well as he could . He had scarcely done this when he heard the noise of the nyamatsanes coming back to their grandmother , for they were very fond of her , and never stayed away from her longer than they could help . They rushed clattering into the hut , exclaiming , ` We smell human flesh ! Some man is here , ' and began to look about for him ; but they only saw their old grandmother , who answered , in a trembling voice , ` No , my children , no ! What should any man be doing here ? ' The nyamatsanes paid no attention to her , and began to open all the cupboards , and peep under all the beds , crying out all the while , ' A man is here ! a man is here ! ' but they could find nobody , and at length , tired out with their long day 's hunting , they curled themselves up and fell asleep . Next morning they woke up quite refreshed , and made ready to start on another expedition ; but as they did not feel happy about their grandmother they said to her , ` Grandmother , wo n't you come to-day and feed with us ? ' And they led their grandmother outside , and all of them began hungrily to eat pebbles . Our friend pretended to do the same , but in reality he slipped the stones into his pouch , and swallowed the crusts of bread instead . However , as the nyamatsanes did not see this they had no idea that he was not really their grandmother . When they had eaten a great many pebbles they thought they had done enough for that day , and all went home together and curled themselves up to sleep .
Next morning when they woke they said , ` Let us go and amuse ourselves by jumping over the ditch , ' and every time they cleared it XXXXX a bound .
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