But the father paid no heed to what the rabbit said , and only walked on the faster , bidding Thakane to keep close behind him . By-and-by they met with a troop of great deer , called elands , and they stopped when they saw Thakane and sang : Why do you give to the ogre Your child , so fair , so fair ? ` You had better ask her , replied the man , ` she is old enough to give you an answer . ' Then , in her turn , Thakane sang : I gave Koumongoe to Koane , Koumongoe to the keeper of beasts ; For without Koumongoe they could not go to the meadows : Without Koumongoe they would starve in the hut ; That was why I gave him the Koumongoe of my father . And the elands all cried : ` Wretched man ! it is you whom the ogre should eat , and not your beautiful daughter . ' By this time it was nearly dark , and the father said they could travel no further that night , and must go to sleep where they were . Thakane was thankful indeed when she heard this , for she was very tired , and found the two skins fastened round her almost too heavy to carry . So , in spite of her dread of the ogre , she slept till dawn , when her father woke her , and told her roughly that he was ready to continue their journey . Crossing the plain , the girl and her father passed a herd of gazelles feeding . They lifted their heads , wondering who was out so early , and when they caught sight of Thakane , they sang : Why do you give to the ogre Your child , so fair , so fair ? ` You had better ask her , replied the man , ` she is old enough to answer for herself . ' Then , in her turn , Thakane sang : I gave Koumongoe to Koane , Koumongoe to the keeper of beasts ; For without Koumongoe they could not go to the meadows : Without Koumongoe they would starve in the hut ; That was why I gave him the Koumongoe of my father . And the gazelles all cried : ` Wretched man ! it is you whom the ogre should eat , and not your beautiful daughter . ' At last they arrived at the village where the ogre lived , and they went straight to his hut . He was nowhere to be seen , but in his place was his son Masilo , who was not an ogre at all , but a very polite young man . He ordered his servants to bring a pile of skins for Thakane to sit on , but told her father he must sit on the ground . Then , catching sight of the girl 's face , which she had kept down , he was struck by its beauty , and put the same question that the rabbit , and the elands , and the gazelles had done . Thakane answered him as before , and he instantly commanded that she should be taken to the hut of his mother , and placed under her care , while the man should be led to his father .
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