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The Cheetah and the Lazy Hunter - A Traditional Zulu Story The Cheetah and the Lazy Hunter Long ago, in a land where time was still young, there lived a lazy hunter. He spent most of his days lying beneath the shade of a bowbob tree, dreaming of his next meal. He wished for a way to get food without having to go out hunting. He didn't want to move from his comfortable spot, but he longed to taste the flesh of a springbok grazing in the nearby field. One day, as he was lounging in the shade, he saw a cheetah attack a springbok. The cheetah dragged the dead animal to a shaded clearing where three cubs were waiting. The hunter's heart filled with envy as he watched the cheetah feed her cubs. Then he got an idea - an awful, rotten idea. He would steal one of the cheetah cubs and never go hungry again. That night, the hunter crept up to where the cheetah and her cubs were resting. The mother cheetah had gone out to the watering hole, leaving her cubs behind. The hunter

The Four Friends' Great Rescue Once upon a time, in a forest far away, there were four friends: a deer, a crow, a mole, and a tortoise. Every afternoon, they would meet under a big tree and chat for hours. The other three friends were concerned when the deer failed to appear one day at the scheduled hour. They requested the crow to swoop around and check on the location of the deer. The deer was concealed from view in a hunter's net when the crow discovered it. The deer told the crow that he was trapped and that it was only a matter of time before the hunter arrived to catch him. The mole and tortoise were informed of the situation as the crow swiftly returned to the banyan tree. The mole then proposed that they both assist the deer, with the crow going with them. The crow flew to the area where the deer was imprisoned while carrying the mole in her mouth. The mole then cut through the net with his razor-sharp canines, freeing the deer. By that time, the tortoise had also arriv