A woman, a tale
A woman goes with her daughter to visit her maternal uncle
On the way, the daughter says that she wants to defecate.
He mother says: "No! Keep walking: this is your uncle's field, where he grows peanuts."
She walks on.
As they are walking, the daughter says: " Mummy, mummy! I want to defecate!"
The mother says: "No, no! this is the field where your uncle grows beans."
They walk on.
And the daughter says: "Mummy, mummy! I need to defecate!
I am going to defecate."
The other says: "Keep walking, this is a pearl millet field"
They walk on.
They then come across a termite mound.
The daughter then says "I want to defecate." and the mother: "Do it on the termite mound"
The child goes and squats on the termite mound to defecate. But when she wants to stand up, her bottom reamins stuck.
She pulls and pulls, but cannot stand up.
The mother pulls and pulls, but with no result.
When the sun sets,
people bring a straw house to put around her.
Her mother goes back home.
The next day,
people prepare food for her
and her mother comes and sits next to the house.
Then the mother starts calling her.
(song sung by the mother to make her daughter open the house)
Then the daughter pushes the roof of the straw house up,
and eats the food her mother brought.
Her mother comes into the house to sit with her, and then goes back home.
The next day, the mother comes back.
She prepares food and brings it to her daughter.
(song sung by the mother to make her daughter open the house)
Her daughter opens, and the mother gives her the food.
Then the lion arrives.
He finds an old woman bathing, and catches her.
He wants to swallow her, but she refuses.
The old woman stands up and says:
"go see over there, you will find someome.
You can eat her!"
The lion goes to the termite mound, and starts singing. But the daughter remains silent.
The lion goes back to the old woman and beats her.
The old woman tells him:
"Go fetch sand for me!
Go fetch sand for me, we are going to fry it!'
The lion lies down,
and grumbles.
The lion then goes to the termite mound and sings.
This time,
The daughter opens the house
to the lion.
And the lion eats the child.
He takes the child's head and uses it as a cushion, waiting for the mother to come back (...)