The Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman

The Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

[The two Lions !haue ta ≠hou and !gu]

1) This story was told to Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) by his mother (≠kamme-an) who heard it from her mother (who could only speak |xam, see p.2486v), 2) p.2491v: Dia!kwain's mother told him that in her time gemsbok were 'abundant', 3) p.2490v: an expression for refusing a piece of food that is too small, 4) p.2507v: a note on a plant with thorns called

story

13 March 1874 (started)

History (Early Race)

Lion ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

Lion ( of the two Lions !haue ta ≠hou and !gu )

Lion ( bad luck of in finding food )

Lion ( reduced to 'pure bones' )

Lion ( has hands )

Lion ( is a man )

Lion ( is a person of the Early Race )

Lion ( can talk )

Lion ( died of hunger )

Lion ( is foolish )

Lion ( feet of are pierced by thorns )

Lion ( helpful )

Lion ( tormented )

Lion ( takes up the Tortoise )

Lion ( swallows the Tortoise )

Lion ( the Tortoise stands in front of the forehead of )

Lion ( unsuccessful hunt of )

Lion ( the Tortoise warns prey of )

Lion ( the Tortoise's revenge on )

Tortoise ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

Tortoise ( and bad luck in finding food )

Tortoise ( the Lion swallows )

Tortoise ( revenge of )

Tortoise ( the Lion tries to cut out )

Tortoise ( warns the gemsbok )

Tortoise ( little )

Tortoise ( stands in front of the Lion's forehead )

Tortoise ( speaks standing in the Lion's forehead )

gemsbok ( were abundant in Dia!kwain's mother's time )

gemsbok ( in the time of the Early Race )

gemsbok ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

gemsbok ( herd )

gemsbok ( warned by the Tortoise )

woman ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

old woman ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

old woman ( the Hare understands her speech )

old woman ( of the Early Race )

old woman ( treatment of )

old woman ( left alone in hut )

old woman ( hip )

old woman ( flesh of is decayed )

old woman ( deceives the Lion )

hut ( the old woman's )

hut ( the old woman left alone in )

hut ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

hip ( the old woman's decayed )

hip ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old Woman )

Hare ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

Hare ( and the Early Race )

Hare ( was formerly a person )

Hare ( understands the old woman's speech )

Hare ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

Hare ( little )

Hare ( young )

Hare ( sits on pan )

Hare ( and thorns )

Hare ( deceives the Lion )

thorns ( pierce the Lion's foot )

thorns ( and the Hare's escape from the Lion )

thorns ( bag of )

thorns ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

thorns ( |xam name of )

thorns ( proper name for )

thorns ( Dutch or 'Boer' name of )

thorns ( |han-tssi )

thorns ( Duif Doorn )

geriatricide ( the |xam treatment of the old )

geriatricide ( the old woman left alone in her hut )

geriatricide ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

speech ( of the old woman )

speech ( the Hare understands the old woman's )

speech ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

name ( of thorns )

name ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

name ( proper )

name ( 'Boer' or Dutch )

name ( |xam )

old ( the |xam treatment of the aged )

old ( geriatricide )

old ( the old woman left alone in her hut )

old ( and the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

revenge ( of the Tortoise on the Lion )

revenge ( the Lions, the Tortoise, the little Hare and the old woman )

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