The World of the Great Forest

Now the very day the nginas had departed for the plantain field, a number of njokoos, forming a big herd, said among themselves: "At the beginning of the last rainy season, we passed a part of the forest where there were a great many plantain-trees. By this time they must be bearing big heavy bunches of plantains. These must be juicy and good to eat now. " The njokoos trumpeted all at the same time, "Yes, let us go and travel there at once, for we all like plantains."

This was the very same plantain field of which the three nginas had spoken, and toward which they were journeying. Then the leader of the herd, with his little, cunning eyes, said: "Let us start at once. We will even travel at night for fear that other njokoos might reach the place before us, and we should then find everything eaten up on our arrival."