Two hunters — one brave, one cowardly — found a sleeping lion.
"I'll hold its tail," said the brave man, "while you spear its heart."
But when he grabbed the lion's tail, the coward ran off.
Back in the village, the coward said a lion killed his companion.
When the villagers came to retrieve his remains, they found him still holding the lion's tail!
They condemned the coward to stand facing the lion. When the brave man let go, the lion tore the coward to pieces and fled into the forest.
Then the man and his fellow villagers returned home.
Inspired by: "Hunters and Beasts of Prey" in Sechuana Reader by Daniel Jones and S. T. Plaatje, 1915.
Notes: You can read the original story online, with the Tswana text.
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