Trembling with fright , Thakane returned to the tree , and struck it a sharp blow with the axe . In an instant there poured forth such a stream of milk that it ran like a river into the hut . ` Koane ! Koane ! ' cried she , ` come and help me to plug up the hole . There will be no milk left for our father and mother . ' But Koane could not stop it any more than Thakane , and soon the milk was flowing through the hut downhill towards their parents in the fields below . The man saw a white stream a long way off , and guessed what had happened . ` Wife , wife , ' he called loudly to the woman , who was working at a little distance : ` Do you see Koumongoe running fast down the hill ? That is some mischief of the children 's , I am sure . I must go home and find out what is the matter . ' And they both threw down their hoes and hurried to the side of Koumongoe . Kneeling on the grass , the man and his wife made a cup of their hands and drank the milk from it . And no sooner had they done this , than Koumongoe flowed back again up the hill , and entered the hut . ` Thakane , ' said the parents , severely , when they reached home panting from the heat of the sun , ` what have you been doing ? Why did Koumongoe come to us in the fields instead of staying in the garden ? ' ` It was Koane 's fault , ' answered Thakane . ` He would not take the cattle to feed until he drank some of the milk from Koumongoe . So , as I did not know what else to do , I gave it to him . ' The father listened to Thakane 's words , but made no answer .
Instead , he went outside and brought in two sheepskins , which he stained red and sent XXXXX a blacksmith to forge some iron rings .
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