Once, long ago, there was a boy called Sizwe who lived with his mother near to the Chief’s kraal. Now Sizwe did so many silly things, that everybody called him “Silly Sizwe.”

The Chief, who lived in that kraal, had a daughter who never ever smiled or laughed, even when someone did something very funny or tickled her.

One day, Sizwe and his mother had nothing eat, so his mother told him to go and get a job at the Chief’s kraal. He was asked to collect all the eggs, which the hens had laid all around the kraal.