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Once in a while, a mother cat and all her kittens were seen mewing for help, or a lady dog howling piteously. Often it happened that both puppies and kittens were drowned. ONCE IN A WHILE A MOTHER CAT AND ALL HER KITTENS WERE SEEN MEWING FOR HELP OR A LADY DOG HOWLING PITEOUSLY OFTEN IT HAPPENED THAT BOTH PUPPIES AND KITTENS WERE DROWNED
So they learned to guard their daughters and wives. They saw that to do such things as eating up people was in the nature of the beast, which could never be taught good manners. But what made them mad beyond measure was the trick which the monster often played upon them by breaking the river banks, and the dykes which with great toil they had built to protect their crops. Then the waters overflowed all their farms, ruined their gardens and spoiled their cow houses and stables. This sort of mischief the Afang liked to play, especially about the time when the oat and barley crops were ripe and ready to be gathered to make cakes and flummery; that is sour oat-jelly, or pap. So it often happened that the children had to do without their cookies and porridge during the winter. Sometimes the floods rose so high as to wash away the houses and float the cradles. Even those with little babies in them were often seen on the raging waters, and sent dancing on the waves down the river, to the sea.  WORSHIPPED WOMEN SO THEY LEARNED TO GUARD THEIR DAUGHTERS AND WIVES THEY SAW THAT TO DO SUCH THINGS AS EATING UP PEOPLE WAS IN THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WHICH COULD NEVER BE TAUGHT GOOD MANNERS BUT WHAT MADE THEM MAD BEYOND MEASURE WAS THE TRICK WHICH THE MONSTER OFTEN PLAYED UPON THEM BY BREAKING THE RIVER BANKS AND THE DIKES WHICH WITH GREAT TOIL THEY HAD BUILT TO PROTECT THEIR CROPS THEN THE WATERS OVERFLOWED ALL THEIR FARMS RUINED THEIR GARDENS AND SPOILED THEIR COW HOUSES AND STABLES THIS SORT OF MISCHIEF THE AE FANG LIKED TO PLAY ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE OAT AND BARLEY CROPS WERE RIPE AND READY TO BE GATHERED TO MAKE CAKES AND FLUMMERY THAT IS SOUR OAT JELLY OR PAP SO IT OFTEN HAPPENED THAT THE CHILDREN HAD TO DO WITHOUT THEIR COOKIES AND PORRIDGE DURING THE WINTER SOMETIMES THE FLOODS ROSE SO HIGH AS TO WASH AWAY THE HOUSES AND FLOAT THE CRADLES EVEN THOSE WITH LITTLE BABIES IN THEM WERE OFTEN SEEN ON THE RAGING WATERS AND SENT DANCING ON THE WAVES DOWN THE RIVER TO SEA
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