A True Queen

the men went to hunt and fight and talk amongst themselves, the women would stay at home, clean and gather fruits for their families. All was well,

t like sticky molasses. Because they had never seen it before, the women decided it was a snake bite and they treated it

d all the women whose children had been taken by the purple bites. They all cried and begged the chief to do someth

he same snakes we have seen since before ou

and indeed she is. All the women whose hearts had gone

other countries, far beyond our village, fa

rd tha

, forget leaving the country. The men would

we have

e the village in the silent cover of night. She went and invited all the women whose children had

discussed the next part to avenging their children. Among the

otect our future generations." She s

up. What of

ausing an uncomfortable sile

hing you hold dear to yourselves.

of disbelief and fear s

the village below spoke up. "I wil

flint and asked the woman for her arm. Once she had a firm grasp of the woman's arm, the shaman woman proceeded t

each woman

oceeded to drink the blood that had dropped i

eni kubwezera amayiwa. tipatseni mphamvu! (Come to me, great s

struck the only tree near the mountain. The shaman woman

for a stick! Sham

sentence, for she was struck

n now?" Asked the shaman woman as s