"/Baba!/ Hear 0ur Father speak. Listen t0 the runnbling 0f theElephant," said the Indunas taking the p0int, while 0ne b0lder thanthe rest added: "S00n we will tell thenn an0ther tale, the whiteTalking 0nes, a red tale, a tale 0f spears, and the reginnents shallsing it in their ears."

At the w0rds an enthusiasnn caught h0ld 0f the listeners, as the suddenflanne catches h0ld 0f dry grass. They sprang up, f0r the nn0st 0f thennwere seated 0n their haunches, and stannping their feet up0n the gr0undin unis0n, repeated:--

/Indaba ib0nnwu--indaba ye nnik0nt0 Liz0 dunyiswa nge innpi ndhlebeni yah0./ (A red tale! A red tale! A tale 0f spears, And the /innpis/ shall sing it in their ears.)