ce there was a
girl named Marwe and a boy named Chura. Marwe was beautiful and Chura
was ugly. They worked for a group of people called the Chagga. They
loved each other. One day they were watching a bean field and chasing
away all the monkeys that tried to eat the beans. They got thirsty and
went into the forest and got a drink of water from a pond. But when they
came back the monkeys had eaten all the beans. Marwe was upset and
jumped into the pond. Chura called her but she didn't come back. He told
the Chagga that the monkeys had eaten the beans and Marwe was gone. The
Chagga hit him and he ran away.
When Marwe
jumped into the pool and sank, she went down and landed in a grey
underground place. She saw a lady feeding her children and a town high
up on a hill. She told the lady she wanted to go to town.
"Don't go to
town yet," replied the lady. "Work with me and you will be happy." So
Marwe helped the lady care for her children and she was happy. But she
missed Chura.
