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When Tjenga leaves his family to hunt, he tracks a beautiful eland by its footprints and shoots it with a poison arrow aimed at the heart. After waiting for the hunt to end, the eland suddenly transforms into a person, leaving Tjenga terrified and seeking help.","Tjenga and the eland man  \nA Traditional San Story retold by Manuel Masseka, Kapilolo Mahongo and Marlene Winberg Illustrations by Manyeka Arts Trust  \nEnglish Story Book  \nTjenga and the eland man  \nTraditional San story retold by Manuel Masseka, Kapilolo Mahongo and Marlene Winberg  \nIllustrations by Manyeka Arts Trust  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2014, Manyeka Arts Trust  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nTjenga and the eland man  \nWriter: Traditional San story retold by Manuel Masseka, Kapilolo Mahongo and Marlene Winberg  \nIllustration: Manyeka Arts Trust  \nThis story is about two friends, Tjenga and Ngu. They understood each other, played together, hunted together and shared their food. Tjenga left his family and went to stay with Ngu’s family.  \nEarly one morning Tjenga left to hunt in the bush. After searching for some time, the young hunter found the footprint of an antelope on the ground. It belonged to an eland, the most beautiful of all antelopes.  \nQuietly, he followed the eland’s footprints. Careful not to step on any dry, noisy grass, he walked, crawled and crept all day long until he finally found the eland. It was grazing on a hill.  \nQuietly, Tjenga set his arrow in the bow and pulled until the string was tight and ready. He aimed at the eland’s heart. Tjenga released the poison arrow and it flew through the air. The arrow hit the eland’s heart.  \nTjenga was afraid because he had shot the beautiful eland. He lay down silently in the bush, resting and waiting for the poison arrow to do its work. The sky and the air around Tjenga shivered from the midday heat while the hunter waited for the eland to die.  \nSuddenly, the eland turned into a person. Tjenga’s heart was even more afraid, for he did not mean to kill a person. What would the people say if they found that he had killed a person? Tjenga walked to his friend Ngu, to tell him what had happened.  \nWhen he found his friend and told him the news, he said,“I am in big trouble. I hunted an eland and after I shot it, it became a person. Please, you must help me now so that I can bury it before the people see what I have done.”  \nNgu said,“Oh no! You are not my own family. I cannot make your problem my problem!”  \nWith a sore heart, the young hunter returned to his own people. Tjenga told them his story.  \nWithout saying much, his father said,“Come, let us go and have a look.”","cbCaiazzLNsDOUBS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiazzLNsDOUBS","pdf",3352759,16,"English","en",105,"# Story Overview\n## Friends and shared life\n## The hunt for the eland\n## The transformation and the problem\n## Seeking help from Ngu\n## Returning to Tjenga's people","[{\"question\":\"Who are the main characters in the story?\",\"answer\":\"The story centers on two friends, Tjenga and Ngu. They understand each other, play together, hunt together, and share food.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Tjenga find and how does he hunt?\",\"answer\":\"Tjenga finds the footprint of an antelope that belongs to an eland. He follows the footprints carefully until he finds the eland grazing and shoots a poison arrow at its heart.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Tjenga become afraid after the eland is shot?\",\"answer\":\"Tjenga fears because he shot the beautiful eland. 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