The Sacred Milk Of Koumongoe

Far way, in a very hot country, there once lived a man and woman. They had two children, a son Koane and a daughter Thakane.
All day long the parents worked hard in the fields, resting under the shade of some tree. While they were absent the little girl kept house alone, for her brother always got up before the dawn, when the air was fresh and cool, and drove out the cattle to the patches of grass.
One day, when Koane had slept later than usual, his father and mother went to their work before him, and there was only Thakane to be seen busy making the bread for supper...