_Bird._ "Shall I eat of this wheat?
Or shall I not eat?
Or shall I eat millet?"
_Kibaraka._ "Eat, Lady, I will it."
_Bird._ "Shall I eat rape instead?
Or must I not be fed?
Shall I eat maize to-day?"
_Kibaraka._ "Eat, Lady, eat, I pray."
_Bird._ "Shall I eat all the grain?
Or must I now refrain?
Shall I eat rice to-day?"
_Kibaraka._ "Eat, Lady, eat, I pray."
_Bird._ "Where has your master gone to-day?"
_Kibaraka._ "Gone to the mosque to read and pray."
_Bird._ "My greetings to the Sultan give
When he returns. Long may he live."
At that it flew away.
On the next day and the day after the bird came again and sung the same
song.
Till one day Kibaraka told his young master Hasani, "Master, every day
at one o'clock, when you are at the mosque, a lovely bird comes here."