Ethiopian Folktales

Narrator Unknown

There was a herdsman and he usually takes the cattle to the river and makes them drink, but actually he never lets them drink. The owner of the cattle sees the cattle are not well and is suspicious. So he went with them one day and the cattle were mad with thirst and drank abnormally and they died from drinking too much.

The man beat the herdsman and he said:
“Wild fruit, wild fruit,
I was searching for you,
And every night I was beaten
Because of this.”

And finally the owner beat him to death.