A
long time ago, both thunder and lightning lived on this
earth, among the people. Thunder was a mother sheep and
Lightning was her son, a ram. Neither animal was very
popular with the people, for when somebody offended Lightning,
he would fly into a furious rage and begin burning whatever
he came across. This often included huts and corn bins,
and even large trees.
Sometimes he damaged crops on the farms with his fire
and occasionally he killed people who got in his way.
As soon as Thunder knew he was behaving this way, she
would raise her voice and shout at him as loudly as she
could, and that was very loud indeed.
Naturally the neighbors were very upset, first at the
damage caused by Lightning and then by the unbearable
noise from his mother that always followed his outbursts.
The villagers complained to the king on many occasions,
until at last he sent the two of them to live at the very
edge of the village, and said that they must not come
and mix with the people any more. However, this did no
good, since Lightning could still see people as they walked
about the village streets and so found it only too easy
to continue picking quarrels with them.
At last the king sent for them again. "I have given
you many chances to live a better life," he said,
"but I can see that it is useless. From now on, you
must go away from our village and live in the wild bush.
We do not want to see your faces here again." Thunder
and Lightning had to obey the king and agree to abide
by his ruling; so they left the village, angry at its
inhabitants. But still there was plenty of trouble in
store for the villagers, since Lightning was so angry
at being banished that he now set fire to the whole bush,
and since it was the dry season this was extremely unfortunate.
The flames spread to the little farms of the people, and
sometimes to their houses as well, so that they were in
despair again. They often heard the mother ram's mighty
voice calling her son to order, but, since it was always
after the fact, it made very little difference in his
actions. The king called all his counselors together and
asked them to advise him, and after much debate they hit
on a plan. Why not banish Thunder and Lightning completely
away from the earth, and send them to live in the sky.
And so the king proclaimed. Thunder and Lightning were
sent away into the sky, where the people hoped they would
not be able to do any more damage.
Things did not work out quite as well as they had hoped,
however, for Lightning still loses his temper from time
to time and cannot resist sending fire down to the earth
when he is angry. Then you can hear his mother rebuking
him in her loud rumbling voice.
The first man and woman had no children for a long time.
They did not know the secret of procreation and tried
to have union in various ways without success. One day
the man saw the woman climbing a tree and noticed her
private parts, and so that night he sought union with
her again. She refused at first, saying that he had only
seen an ulcer, but later she gave in. She suffered great
pain at this union but, in due course, she bore a son,
much to the surprise of both of them. That was the beginning
of their family, for they had found the secret of getting
children.
A
long time ago, both thunder and lightning lived on this
earth, among the people. Thunder was a mother sheep and
Lightning was her son, a ram. Neither animal was very
popular with the people, for when somebody offended Lightning,
he would fly into a furious rage and begin burning whatever
he came across. This often included huts and corn bins,
and even large trees. 
