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(00:00):
The animals dam Ach. It wasdry, said Otta, as dry as
last year's spring buck bultong. Fora long time, the old man in
the sky shot down strong light andsucked all the water out at the feldt.
From morning to night he poured downhotness on the world, and when
(00:23):
he rolled round to sleep, ahot wind blew and blue and blue till
he woke to shine again. Thecaaru bushes dried up, the rivers had
no water, and the poor animalsbegan to die from thirst. It was
such a drought, my little masters, as you have never seen. At
(00:48):
last, Wamlew called the animals togetherto make a plan. The sun had
gone under, and the Lady Moonwas sailing in the sky, beautiful as
she always is, and looking downon the hot world. Worm Liu sat
under a crance on the morning sideof a copy where it was a little
(01:11):
cool, and the others sat roundhim like a watermelon slice. Leopard,
hyena, babyan jakals hare and tortoisewere in front. They were the chief
ones. The smaller ones like Dassie, mierkat and hedgehog were at the sides,
and zebra, springbok, ostrich andgiraffe waited in the felt to hear
(01:37):
the news. They pretended to beeating. But all the time the ears
went backwards and forwards, backwards andforwards, so my bassies to catch every
little sound. And they were readyat the first side of danger to race
away, kicking up the dust sothat worm Lieu would not be able to
(01:57):
see them. But they needn't havebeen afraid. Wom New was too hot
and tired and weak to catch anything. He just sat against the crunts with
his dry tongue hanging out, andthe others just lay round about him in
the watermelon slice with their dry tongueshanging out. And every time they looked
(02:20):
at the sky to see if anyclouds were coming up. But no,
the sky was just like a bighot soap pot turned over above their heads,
with the lady moon making a silverroad across it, and the little
stars shining like bits broken off thebig hot sun. There was nothing that
(02:44):
even looked like a cloud. Atlast, worm Liw pulled in his tongue
and rolled it about in his mouthto get the dryness off. When it
stopped rattling, he began to talkfriend and brothers and nephews. He said
yes, just like that, warmnew began. He was so miserable that
(03:07):
he felt friendly with them, all, friends and brothers and nephews. It
is time to make a plan,you know how it is with a drought.
When it is at its worst,the bottom of the clouds fall out
and the water runs away fast,fast to the sea, where there is
(03:28):
too much water already, and thepoor carew is left again without any Even
if a land rain comes, itjust sinks in because the ground is too
loose and dry to hold it.So we must make a plan to keep
the water. And my plan isto dig a dam. But it's no
(03:50):
use for one or two to work. Every one must help. What do
you say, Certainly said the leopard, Certainly, said the hyaena, certainly
said the ant bear. Certainly saidYakos. But he winked his eye at
the lady moon, and then puthis nose into the warm sand so that
(04:14):
no one could see his sly smile. All the other animals said certainly,
And then they began to talk aboutthe dam, dear land. A person
would never have said their throats weredry. Each one had a different plan,
and each one talked without listening tothe other. It was like a
(04:36):
church bazaar. Yes, bassis.Long ago, when Ota was young,
he was on a bazaar in thevillage. But he was glad my basis
when he could creep into the feltagain and get the noise out of his
ears. At last, the watertortoise, he with the wise little head
(04:59):
under his patchwork shell, said,let us go now while it is cool
and look for a place for thedam. So they hunted about and found
a nice place, and soon theybegan to make the dam buzzies. But
those animals worked. They scratched,they dug, they poked, they bored,
(05:24):
they pushed, and they rolled,and they all did their best so
that the dam could be ready whenthe rain came. Only lazy Yakas did
not work. He just roamed about, saying to the others, why don't
you do this? Why don't youdo that? Till at last they asked,
why don't you do it yourself?But Yakas only laughed at them.
(05:48):
And why should I be so foolishas to scratch my nails off for your
old dam? He said, Butyou said certainly too when Wum asked us,
didn't you they asked? Then Yakoslaughed more than ever. Ha ha
ha ha am I then a slaveof my word, that was last night.
(06:12):
Don't you know yet that a thingis one color by moonlight, and
quite another color when the sun shineson it? Ha ha ha. So
he went about bothering the poor animalsthat were working so hard, and laughing
at them when they got hot andtired. What's the use of working so
(06:32):
hard? Those who do not workwill also drink, how do you know?
They asked, Wait a bit,you'll see, said sly Yakos,
winking his eye again. At lastthe dam was finished, and that very
night the rain began. It kepton and on till the dam was quite
(06:56):
full, and the water began torun away over the felt down to the
great big dam called the sea thatis the mother of all water, and
so broad, my bassis, thattruly you can't see the wall at the
other side, even when you standon a high copy. Yes, so
Ota has heard from truth telling people. The milk bushes and karu bushes grew
(07:24):
green again, and the little feltflowers burst out of the hard ground and
opened their white and blue and pinkand purple eyes to look at the sun.
They were like variegated carrossus spread outon the felt, and the old
man in the sky was not sofierce anymore. He did not burn them
with his hotness, but looked atthem kindly. And the animals were toch
(07:48):
so glad for the water. Fromfar and near they came to the dam
to drink, But Jakals was beforethem all. Soon after the sun went
down passes. Now the wild animalssleep in the daytime and hunt in the
night. He went to the damand drank as much water as he wanted,
(08:09):
and frilled his clay pot with someto take home. Then he swam
round and round to get cool,making the water muddy and dirty. And
when the other animals came to drink, he slipped over the dam wall and
was lost in the felt, asif he had been a large pin my.
(08:31):
But oom Lieu was very angry.Woo, he roared, Hoo.
What is this for a thing?Does the lazy one think he can share
with the workers? Who ever heardof such a thing? Wo? Here,
(08:52):
bruer Babian, take this big kirieand hide yourself by the dam to
night, so that you can catchthis vagabond, this water steeler. Early
that night there was Yakal's again.He peeped this way and that way,
so my bassies, And yes,truly there was old Brewer Babian lying amongst
(09:16):
the bushes. But Yakos was tooscalm for him. He made as if
he didn't see him. He dancedalong on his hind legs, all in
the round, all in the round, at the edge of the dam,
singing, hing, ting ting,honnamaka ding, my sweet sweet water.
(09:39):
He sang this over and over,and every time he came to the end
of a line, he dipped hisfingers into his clay pot and sucked them.
Ah, but my honey is nice, he said, licking his lips.
What do I want with their olddirty water when I have a whole
potful of nice sweet water bassis.No Baboons will do anything for honey.
(10:05):
And when old brue Babian heard Jakos, he forgot he was there to guard
the dam. He crept out fromhis hiding place a little nearer and a
little nearer, and at last hecouldn't keep quiet any longer. When Yakos
came dancing along again, he calledout in a great hurry, good evening,
Yakos, please give me a littleof your sweet water too, hooray,
(10:30):
said Jakos, jumping to one sideand pretending to be startled. What
a skrick you gave me? Whatare you doing here, brue Babian?
Ah no, Yakos, I'm justtaking a little walk. It's such a
fine night. But why have yougot that big kirry only to dig out
(10:50):
ain't cheese? Do you really wantsome of my sweet water? Yes,
please, Yakovs, said bue Babian, licking his lip. And what will
you give me for it? I'lllet you fill your pot with water from
the dam. Ah. I don'twant any of that dirty old dam water.
(11:11):
But I know how fond you areof the sweet water, Bruer,
so I'll let you drink some.Here. I'll hold your kiri while you
drink. Brewer. Babyan was insuch a hurry to get to the honey
that he just threw the kirri toJakals, But just as he was going
to put his fingers into the pot, Jakals pulled it away. No wait
(11:35):
a bit, Bruer, he said, I'll show you a better way.
It will taste much nicer if youlie down ach. No, really,
Yakos, yes really, said Yakos, and if you don't lie down at
once, you won't get a dropof my sweet water. He spoke quite
crossly, and Babian was so tameby this time that he was ready to
(11:56):
believe anything. So he laid down, and Jakal stood over him with his
knapsack. Rehem, Now, brother, first i'll tie you with myriam,
and then i'll feed you with thehoney. Yes, yes, said Roebabiyan.
Quickly. His mouth was watering forthe honey. He couldn't think of
(12:18):
anything else, and he had longago forgotten all about looking after the dam.
It goes so, my Bassis,when a person thinks only of what
he wants and not of what hemust. So he let Yakals tie his
hands and feet and even his tail, and then he opened his mouth wide.
(12:39):
But Yakals only danced round and round, sticking his fingers into the pot
and licking them and singing, hingting ting honhammaka ding, my sweet sweet
water? Where's mine? Called Bruebabian. You said you would feed me,
where's my sweet water? Here's allthe sweet water you'll get from me,
(13:03):
said Jakos, and klaks he gavepoor Brue Babian a hard hit with the
kiri Bohom bohom. Help, screamedBuru Babian and tried to roll away,
but there was no one to helphim, so he could only scream and
roll over, and each time herolled over, jakals hit him again kraak.
(13:26):
At last, he squeezed the claypot and Bassis can believe me it
had never had any honey in itat all, over brue Babihan's head while
he ran off and drank as muchwater as he wanted and swam and stirred
up the mud. Then he tookthe clay pot off brue Babian's head,
(13:48):
filled it with water, and doncedoff, singing hing ting ting honnamaka ding
my sweet sweet water. Good Byebrother, he called out, I hope
you'll enjoy the sweet water you'll getfrom wum Liu when he sees how well
you have looked after the dam.Poor old brue Babiyan was ach so miserable,
(14:13):
but he was even more unhappy afterwum Liu had punished him and set
him on a large stone for theother animals to mock. At Bassies,
it was sad they came in along string, big ones and little ones,
and each one stopped in front ofthe big stone and stuck out his
tongue, then turned round and stuckat his tail. Yes, so rude
(14:39):
they were to brue Babian till thepoor old animal got ashameder and ashameder,
and sat all in a heap,hanging down his head and trying not to
see how they were mocking at him. When all the animals had passed on
and drunk water, wum liu unti, i'debroer Babian and let him go.
(15:01):
And off he went to the crancersas fast as he could, with his
tail between his legs. And thatis all for to night, my basses.
It's too long to finish. Now. See here comes Lease with the
basses supper, and Ota can smellthat his as cookies are burning by the
(15:22):
hut. Evading the children's detaining hands, Ota sidled away, turning in the
passage doorway to pour the air withhis crooked fingers in token of a final
farewell. End of the animal's dam
The animals dam Ach. It wasdry, said Otta, as dry as
last year's spring buck bultong. Fora long time, the old man in
the sky shot down strong light andsucked all the water out at the feldt.
From morning to night he poured downhotness on the world, and when
(00:23):
he rolled round to sleep, ahot wind blew and blue and blue till
he woke to shine again. Thecaaru bushes dried up, the rivers had
no water, and the poor animalsbegan to die from thirst. It was
such a drought, my little masters, as you have never seen. At
(00:48):
last, Wamlew called the animals togetherto make a plan. The sun had
gone under, and the Lady Moonwas sailing in the sky, beautiful as
she always is, and looking downon the hot world. Worm Liu sat
under a crance on the morning sideof a copy where it was a little
(01:11):
cool, and the others sat roundhim like a watermelon slice. Leopard,
hyena, babyan jakals hare and tortoisewere in front. They were the chief
ones. The smaller ones like Dassie, mierkat and hedgehog were at the sides,
and zebra, springbok, ostrich andgiraffe waited in the felt to hear
(01:37):
the news. They pretended to beeating. But all the time the ears
went backwards and forwards, backwards andforwards, so my bassies to catch every
little sound. And they were readyat the first side of danger to race
away, kicking up the dust sothat worm Lieu would not be able to
(01:57):
see them. But they needn't havebeen afraid. Wom New was too hot
and tired and weak to catch anything. He just sat against the crunts with
his dry tongue hanging out, andthe others just lay round about him in
the watermelon slice with their dry tongueshanging out. And every time they looked
(02:20):
at the sky to see if anyclouds were coming up. But no,
the sky was just like a bighot soap pot turned over above their heads,
with the lady moon making a silverroad across it, and the little
stars shining like bits broken off thebig hot sun. There was nothing that
(02:44):
even looked like a cloud. Atlast, worm Liw pulled in his tongue
and rolled it about in his mouthto get the dryness off. When it
stopped rattling, he began to talkfriend and brothers and nephews. He said
yes, just like that, warmnew began. He was so miserable that
(03:07):
he felt friendly with them, all, friends and brothers and nephews. It
is time to make a plan,you know how it is with a drought.
When it is at its worst,the bottom of the clouds fall out
and the water runs away fast,fast to the sea, where there is
(03:28):
too much water already, and thepoor carew is left again without any Even
if a land rain comes, itjust sinks in because the ground is too
loose and dry to hold it.So we must make a plan to keep
the water. And my plan isto dig a dam. But it's no
(03:50):
use for one or two to work. Every one must help. What do
you say, Certainly said the leopard, Certainly, said the hyaena, certainly
said the ant bear. Certainly saidYakos. But he winked his eye at
the lady moon, and then puthis nose into the warm sand so that
(04:14):
no one could see his sly smile. All the other animals said certainly,
And then they began to talk aboutthe dam, dear land. A person
would never have said their throats weredry. Each one had a different plan,
and each one talked without listening tothe other. It was like a
(04:36):
church bazaar. Yes, bassis.Long ago, when Ota was young,
he was on a bazaar in thevillage. But he was glad my basis
when he could creep into the feltagain and get the noise out of his
ears. At last, the watertortoise, he with the wise little head
(04:59):
under his patchwork shell, said,let us go now while it is cool
and look for a place for thedam. So they hunted about and found
a nice place, and soon theybegan to make the dam buzzies. But
those animals worked. They scratched,they dug, they poked, they bored,
(05:24):
they pushed, and they rolled,and they all did their best so
that the dam could be ready whenthe rain came. Only lazy Yakas did
not work. He just roamed about, saying to the others, why don't
you do this? Why don't youdo that? Till at last they asked,
why don't you do it yourself?But Yakas only laughed at them.
(05:48):
And why should I be so foolishas to scratch my nails off for your
old dam? He said, Butyou said certainly too when Wum asked us,
didn't you they asked? Then Yakoslaughed more than ever. Ha ha
ha ha am I then a slaveof my word, that was last night.
(06:12):
Don't you know yet that a thingis one color by moonlight, and
quite another color when the sun shineson it? Ha ha ha. So
he went about bothering the poor animalsthat were working so hard, and laughing
at them when they got hot andtired. What's the use of working so
(06:32):
hard? Those who do not workwill also drink, how do you know?
They asked, Wait a bit,you'll see, said sly Yakos,
winking his eye again. At lastthe dam was finished, and that very
night the rain began. It kepton and on till the dam was quite
(06:56):
full, and the water began torun away over the felt down to the
great big dam called the sea thatis the mother of all water, and
so broad, my bassis, thattruly you can't see the wall at the
other side, even when you standon a high copy. Yes, so
Ota has heard from truth telling people. The milk bushes and karu bushes grew
(07:24):
green again, and the little feltflowers burst out of the hard ground and
opened their white and blue and pinkand purple eyes to look at the sun.
They were like variegated carrossus spread outon the felt, and the old
man in the sky was not sofierce anymore. He did not burn them
with his hotness, but looked atthem kindly. And the animals were toch
(07:48):
so glad for the water. Fromfar and near they came to the dam
to drink, But Jakals was beforethem all. Soon after the sun went
down passes. Now the wild animalssleep in the daytime and hunt in the
night. He went to the damand drank as much water as he wanted,
(08:09):
and frilled his clay pot with someto take home. Then he swam
round and round to get cool,making the water muddy and dirty. And
when the other animals came to drink, he slipped over the dam wall and
was lost in the felt, asif he had been a large pin my.
(08:31):
But oom Lieu was very angry.Woo, he roared, Hoo.
What is this for a thing?Does the lazy one think he can share
with the workers? Who ever heardof such a thing? Wo? Here,
(08:52):
bruer Babian, take this big kirieand hide yourself by the dam to
night, so that you can catchthis vagabond, this water steeler. Early
that night there was Yakal's again.He peeped this way and that way,
so my bassies, And yes,truly there was old Brewer Babian lying amongst
(09:16):
the bushes. But Yakos was tooscalm for him. He made as if
he didn't see him. He dancedalong on his hind legs, all in
the round, all in the round, at the edge of the dam,
singing, hing, ting ting,honnamaka ding, my sweet sweet water.
(09:39):
He sang this over and over,and every time he came to the end
of a line, he dipped hisfingers into his clay pot and sucked them.
Ah, but my honey is nice, he said, licking his lips.
What do I want with their olddirty water when I have a whole
potful of nice sweet water bassis.No Baboons will do anything for honey.
(10:05):
And when old brue Babian heard Jakos, he forgot he was there to guard
the dam. He crept out fromhis hiding place a little nearer and a
little nearer, and at last hecouldn't keep quiet any longer. When Yakos
came dancing along again, he calledout in a great hurry, good evening,
Yakos, please give me a littleof your sweet water too, hooray,
(10:30):
said Jakos, jumping to one sideand pretending to be startled. What
a skrick you gave me? Whatare you doing here, brue Babian?
Ah no, Yakos, I'm justtaking a little walk. It's such a
fine night. But why have yougot that big kirry only to dig out
(10:50):
ain't cheese? Do you really wantsome of my sweet water? Yes,
please, Yakovs, said bue Babian, licking his lip. And what will
you give me for it? I'lllet you fill your pot with water from
the dam. Ah. I don'twant any of that dirty old dam water.
(11:11):
But I know how fond you areof the sweet water, Bruer,
so I'll let you drink some.Here. I'll hold your kiri while you
drink. Brewer. Babyan was insuch a hurry to get to the honey
that he just threw the kirri toJakals, But just as he was going
to put his fingers into the pot, Jakals pulled it away. No wait
(11:35):
a bit, Bruer, he said, I'll show you a better way.
It will taste much nicer if youlie down ach. No, really,
Yakos, yes really, said Yakos, and if you don't lie down at
once, you won't get a dropof my sweet water. He spoke quite
crossly, and Babian was so tameby this time that he was ready to
(11:56):
believe anything. So he laid down, and Jakal stood over him with his
knapsack. Rehem, Now, brother, first i'll tie you with myriam,
and then i'll feed you with thehoney. Yes, yes, said Roebabiyan.
Quickly. His mouth was watering forthe honey. He couldn't think of
(12:18):
anything else, and he had longago forgotten all about looking after the dam.
It goes so, my Bassis,when a person thinks only of what
he wants and not of what hemust. So he let Yakals tie his
hands and feet and even his tail, and then he opened his mouth wide.
(12:39):
But Yakals only danced round and round, sticking his fingers into the pot
and licking them and singing, hingting ting honhammaka ding, my sweet sweet
water? Where's mine? Called Bruebabian. You said you would feed me,
where's my sweet water? Here's allthe sweet water you'll get from me,
(13:03):
said Jakos, and klaks he gavepoor Brue Babian a hard hit with the
kiri Bohom bohom. Help, screamedBuru Babian and tried to roll away,
but there was no one to helphim, so he could only scream and
roll over, and each time herolled over, jakals hit him again kraak.
(13:26):
At last, he squeezed the claypot and Bassis can believe me it
had never had any honey in itat all, over brue Babihan's head while
he ran off and drank as muchwater as he wanted and swam and stirred
up the mud. Then he tookthe clay pot off brue Babian's head,
(13:48):
filled it with water, and doncedoff, singing hing ting ting honnamaka ding
my sweet sweet water. Good Byebrother, he called out, I hope
you'll enjoy the sweet water you'll getfrom wum Liu when he sees how well
you have looked after the dam.Poor old brue Babiyan was ach so miserable,
(14:13):
but he was even more unhappy afterwum Liu had punished him and set
him on a large stone for theother animals to mock. At Bassies,
it was sad they came in along string, big ones and little ones,
and each one stopped in front ofthe big stone and stuck out his
tongue, then turned round and stuckat his tail. Yes, so rude
(14:39):
they were to brue Babian till thepoor old animal got ashameder and ashameder,
and sat all in a heap,hanging down his head and trying not to
see how they were mocking at him. When all the animals had passed on
and drunk water, wum liu unti, i'debroer Babian and let him go.
(15:01):
And off he went to the crancersas fast as he could, with his
tail between his legs. And thatis all for to night, my basses.
It's too long to finish. Now. See here comes Lease with the
basses supper, and Ota can smellthat his as cookies are burning by the
(15:22):
hut. Evading the children's detaining hands, Ota sidled away, turning in the
passage doorway to pour the air withhis crooked fingers in token of a final
farewell. End of the animal's dam
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