The Blue Crane and the girls (including the Blue Crane's speech)

The Blue Crane and the girls (including the Blue Crane's speech)

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

The Blue Crane says to the young girls that she would like to go with them to sit under the great thorn tree where they might kill the lice that are biting her head. Comments on the Blue Crane's speech follow.

1) This story shows the speech of the Blue Crane, which is the most simple kind of animal speech. The Blue Crane is |kaggen's sister. Special speech is attributed to different animals as well as the Moon. In |xam speech, the way that the being speaks is imitated by movements of the mouth and by clicks, 2) This story is found in Book XXIV

story

1873

History (Early Race)

girls ( the Blue Crane and )

girls ( young )

girls ( as granddaughters )

girls ( kill the lice on the Blue Crane's head )

lice ( and the Blue Crane and the girls )

lice ( on the Blue Crane's head )

lice ( eating )

lice ( 'biting hurt' the head )

Heron ( the Blue Crane and the girls )

Blue Crane ( and the girls )

Blue Crane ( the Blue Crane's speech )

Blue Crane ( special speech of )

Blue Crane ( way of speaking of )

Blue Crane ( is |kaggen's sister )

Blue Crane ( and the girls )

Blue Crane ( Heron )

camelthorn tree ( the Blue Crane and the girls sit under )

speech ( the Blue Crane's speech )

speech ( and the Blue Crane and the girls )

speech ( of animals )

speech ( special )

speech ( and ways of speaking |xam )

tree ( camelthorn )

tree ( and the Blue Crane and the girls )

language ( the Blue Crane's speech )

language ( special speech of animals )

language ( the Blue Crane and the girls )

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