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Tatsie, : The Thick-skinned Bushman

By: by Jaco de Beer

Find out what happened when the other Bushmen tried to kill him and how they finally managed to get rid of him.

Certain times of the year the “Watersnake” would move far away and the land of the Bushmen would get very dry. During those times the children have to walk long distances to fetch water for the household. The bigger and stronger of the children could carry a whole springbok stomach full of water but the younger ones only two ostrich eggs filled with water. Tatsie was too lazy to go and fetch water, for himself. He would wait for the children to come back and take one of ...

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