I will have blessing , ' she answered , and her father gave her much blessing . That night he died , and his wife and son and daughter mourned for him seven days , and gave him a burial according to the custom of his people . But hardly was the time of mourning over , than the mother was attacked by a disease which was common in that country . ' I am going away from you , ' she said to her children , in a faint voice ; ` but first , my son , choose which you will have : blessing or property . ' ` Property , certainly , ' answered the son . ` And you , my daughter ? ' ' I will have blessing , ' said the girl ; and her mother gave her much blessing , and that night she died . When the days of mourning were ended , the brother bade his sister put outside the hut all that belonged to his father and his mother . So the girl put them out , and he took them away , save only a small pot and a vessel in which she could clean her corn . But she had no corn to clean . She sat at home , sad and hungry , when a neighbour knocked at the door . ` My pot has cracked in the fire , lend me yours to cook my supper in , and I will give you a handful of corn in return . ' And the girl was glad , and that night she was able to have supper herself , and next day another woman borrowed her pot , and then another and another , for never were known so many accidents as befell the village pots at that time . She soon grew quite fat with all the corn she earned with the help of her pot , and then one evening she picked up a pumpkin seed in a corner , and planted it near her well , and it sprang up , and gave her many pumpkins . At last it happened that a youth from her village passed through the place where the girl 's brother was , and the two met and talked . ` What news is there of my sister ? ' asked the young man , with whom things had gone badly , for he was idle . ` She is fat and well-liking , ' replied the youth , ` for the women borrow her mortar to clean their corn , and borrow her pot to cook it in , and for al this they give her more food than she can eat . ' And he went his way . Now the brother was filled with envy at the words of the man , and he set out at once , and before dawn he had reached the hut , and saw the pot and the mortar were standing outside .
He slung them over his shoulders and departed , pleased XXXXX his own cleverness ; but when his sister awoke and sought for the pot to cook her corn for breakfast , she could find it nowhere .
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