Ndongeze i-150 ml. ijusi yetamatisi kwaye malunga ne-50 ml. amanzi. "1 ngalesosikhathi uherodi umtetrarki wezwa indumela kajesu, 2 wasesithi encekwini zakhe: lo ngujohane umbhabhathizi; yena uvukile kwabafileyo, njalo kungakho imisebenzi yamandla isebenza kuye. 3 ngoba uherodi wayembambile ujohane wambopha wamfaka entolongweni, ngenxa kaherodiyasi umkafiliphu umfowabo; 4 ngoba ujohane wayethe kuye: kawuvunyelwa ukuba laye. 5 njalo efuna ukumbulala, wesaba ixuku, ngoba lalimphatha njengomprofethi. 6 kodwa ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaherodi, indodakazi kaherodiyasi yagida phakathi kwabo, yamkholisa uherodi; 7 kusukela lapho wathembisa ngesifungo ukuyinika loba yini ezayicela. 8 kodwa yona, isilayiwe ngunina, yathi: ngiphe lapha emganwini ikhanda likajohane umbhabhathizi. 9 inkosi yasisiba losizi, kodwa ngenxa yezifungo langalabo ababehlezi layo ekudleni yalaya ukuthi inikwe; 10 yasithuma yamquma ujohane ikhanda entolongweni, 11 ikhanda lakhe laselilethwa ngomganu, lanikwa intombi; yona yasilisa kunina. 12 kwasekusiza abafundi bakhe bathatha isidumbu, basingcwaba; basebesuka bambikela ujesu. a boy is almost choked to death by his sister, as he accompanies eight young women on the wedding day of nomanaso, one of the eight. she marries, and does not return to her home of birth until her fourth year of marriage. then she finally takes her child and goes to visit her parents. on her way to her parents' place, she sleeps in a tree, and while in the tree she overhears a coven of witches talking; among them are her mother and sister. she hears them conspiring to kill her. when her mother puts poison in nomanaso's food, the young woman secretly exchanges her food for her mother's, and her mother dies. when nomanaso returns to her home of marriage with her child, she is accosted by krwebede, a fantasy beast that forces her to give it all of her property, including her child. she is finally rescued by members of her husband's family, but she does not recover her child.