这个故事来自南部非洲的桑人。19世纪70年代，德国语言学家威廉·布利克（1827—1875）和他的妻姐露西·劳埃德（1834—1914）在开普敦请桑人讲述者讲故事，一字一句记下来。这个故事是讲述者卡博从妈妈那里听来的，1873年记录。

This story comes from the San people of southern Africa. In the 1870s, the German linguist Wilhelm Bleek (1827–1875) and his sister-in-law Lucy Lloyd (1834–1914) invited San storytellers in Cape Town to tell their stories and wrote them down word by word. This story was heard by the storyteller Kabbo from his mother and recorded in 1873.

1911年，劳埃德把这些记录编成《布须曼民间故事选》出版，收录了87个故事，桑人原文和英文译文并排印刷。讲这些故事用的语言，现在已经没有人会说了，这本书就成了宝贵的记录。

In 1911, Lloyd published these records as Specimens of Bushman Folklore, a book of 87 stories with the original San words printed side by side with the English translation. No one speaks the language of these stories anymore, which makes the book a precious record.

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