Savage Childhood; a Study of Kafir Children
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The natives do not account for sleep in the way small white children are accustomed to. They do not talk about the little man with the sand-bags.
Yet they have their own picturesque way of thinking of slumber or sleep. They think that slumber is a thing which comes to them. It is sometimes thought to be a beast which attacks them, touching the eyes or else the heart. Or again, when a child gets heavy I04 SAVAGE CHILDHOOD with sleep, the mother says to it, " I see that a thief is coming to make ...you sleepy." In the morning the mother will say to the child, " But where has that thief gone who made you so sleepy last night ? '* The child will innocently answer, ^^ I did not see him coming to me, and how can I know whither he has gone?*' Then the mother will say, " What ? Did you not see that man who came to you with heaviness which dosed up your eyes ? " In the nursery-tales of the Tshindao-speaking natives in Gazaland, sleep is frankly spoken of as if it were a person. In one of these tales there is an account of a baboon and a hare in which each tried to outwit the other.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The natives do not account for sleep in the way small white children are accustomed to. They do not talk about the little man with the sand-bags.
Yet they have their own picturesque way of thinking of slumber or sleep. They think that slumber is a thing which comes to them. It is sometimes thought to be a beast which attacks them, touching the eyes or else the heart. Or again, when a child gets heavy I04 SAVAGE CHILDHOOD with sleep, the mother says to it, " I see that a thief is coming to make ...you sleepy." In the morning the mother will say to the child, " But where has that thief gone who made you so sleepy last night ? '* The child will innocently answer, ^^ I did not see him coming to me, and how can I know whither he has gone?*' Then the mother will say, " What ? Did you not see that man who came to you with heaviness which dosed up your eyes ? " In the nursery-tales of the Tshindao-speaking natives in Gazaland, sleep is frankly spoken of as if it were a person. In one of these tales there is an account of a baboon and a hare in which each tried to outwit the other.
What to read after Savage Childhood; a Study of Kafir Children?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Dudley Kidd to read onlineMoreLess
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