I am not sure what came over me but I decided to show myself to the boy -- just to let him know that he was not alone. I approached along the game path from the other side of the pool. The creature, that I changed into, was immense ---

In the Time of the First People, Ga and Gagen—Night and Darkness—had three daughters. This is the story of their second daughter: 'Kaun. 'Kaun or Plains, lived in a hut covered with mats woven from matjiesriet—slender reeds from marshes and streams. She was skilled with

In the “Beginning” story we learnt that “Night” and his partner “Darkness” only had three daughters. The First Daughter: Mountains Mountains, or 'Kou, was the eldest daughter who lived contentedly with her husband—the son of !Kaggen—and their young daughter in a land of plenty. She wore a

One of the silly Bushmen stories, that brought laughter around the fire, is this one about the cheeky little dassie. Probably interesting to remember that Dassie is the wife of !Kaggen. Dassie's two mortal enemies are the black eagle (from the sky) and the caracal or rooikat. Picture

You know, cleverness is a very important thing to possess—and cleverness has saved ǃKaũ from the cooking pot more than once. ǃKaũ, the jackal, is a clever creature. Sometimes too clever for his own good. One day, long ago, ǃKaũ was trotting—as only a jackal can—through a