Once upon a time there was a duck called Bata, and she lived with her
husband, and they were very happy, for they had never seen the face of
man. Till one day there came a man to their home, and he fired his gun
and killed Bata's husband.
When she saw that her husband was dead Bata was very unhappy, and flew
far, far away to a country where man had never come.
There she met a peahen, and that peahen made friends with her and asked
her name. She said, "I am called Bata."