One evening, Cikizwa said goodbye to her friend and went home.
That night, Cikizwa had a dream.

She heard her mother’s voice asking, “When is Cikizwa getting married?”
“Oh, I must have been dreaming,” said Cikizwa as she woke up.

Now, in the place where Cikizwa lived, there was a cruel elephant.

Elephant often said really unkind things to Cikizwa to try and make her unhappy.

One morning, when Cikizwa greeted Elephant, he snubbed her and said, “Ha, ha, ha! Go away, you orphan! What do you want from me? You’re so skinny. It’s as if you haven’t had enough mealies to eat!”

Cikizwa was heartbroken.

On her way home, she met Gusha Bhoqo.
As soon as she saw the kind sheep, she poured out her heart to him.
She told him about what Elephant had said to her.

Gusha comforted the chicken and he was even able to make her smile a little.
Then Gusha invited Cikizwa to have supper at his home.
They had tasty samp, cooked with beans for supper.
Afterwards, Cikizwa danced joyfully with the Gusha family as the music played.
She danced so much that she sent the dust flying and forgot all her troubles!