The Death Of The Lizard

The Lizard formerly sang--

"For,
I therefore intend to go,
Passing through,
!guru-|na's pass.

"And,
I therefore intend to go,
Passing through,
|Xe-!khwai's pass.

For,
I therefore intend to go,
passing through,
!guru-|na's pass,

"For,
I therefore intend to go,
Passing through,
|Xe-!khwai's pass.



And, when he was passing through, the mountains squeezing broke him, when he had intended to pass through; for, he seems to have thought that he would spring through the mountain pass, which was like this (the narrator here showed the first and second fingers of his left hand in a forked and almost upright position). Then, the mountains caught him thus (putting his fingers close together), the mountains bit, breaking him. Therefore, his forepart fell over (and) stood still) it became !guru-|na; while his hinder part fell over (and) stood still; it was that which became |Xe-!khwai.