Further adventures of the Mantis and the Cat

Further adventures of the Mantis and the Cat

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

|kaggen (the Mantis) fights the Cat and is beaten because he fights the Cat's tail instead of its head. He gets feathers and flies into the water, followed by his things (the Hartebeest children). The Ichneumon advises him on how to fight the Cat and |kaggen defeats the Cat, bragging about his cunning.

1) This is one of a series of stories in which the Ichneumon rebukes |kaggen for picking fights and being foolish; the Ichneumon is kept awake at night while he counsels |kaggen, 2) p.967v: |kaggen does not walk like a man in this story, 3) See also

story

November 1871

|kaggen (the Mantis)

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( picks fights with others )

|kaggen ( is advised and then rebuked by Ichneumon )

|kaggen ( his fight with the Cat )

|kaggen ( is foolish )

|kaggen ( gets feathers )

|kaggen ( flies )

|kaggen ( and water )

|kaggen ( his things )

|kaggen ( his 'hartebeest children' )

Cat ( goes along singing )

Cat ( sings about Lynx )

Cat ( his fight with |kaggen )

Cat ( tricks and defeats |kaggen )

Cat ( buries his head in ground )

Ichneumon ( or |ni )

Ichneumon ( advises |kaggen on defeating the Cat )

Ichneumon ( makes |kaggen understand )

Ichneumon ( rebukes |kaggen )

fight ( between |kaggen and the Cat )

feathers ( |kaggen gets )

feathers ( |kaggen and the Cat )

Hartebeest children ( |kaggen's things )

Hartebeest children ( |kaggen and Cat )

song ( Cat's )

song ( |kaggen and the Cat )

things ( |kaggen's 'hartebeest children' )

things ( |kaggen and the Cat )

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