There was once upon a time a demon who lived on people and cattle, and so rapacious was he that he ate all the inhabitants of one district, except one woman who hid herself in a pit with her baby boy.

The child was brought up in the pit, and when he was old enough to understand, his mother told him the story of the demon, and advised him not to go far from home. The boy made a bow and some arrows and went out daily to shoot birds and animals which he brought back to the pit. On each occasion he asked his mother whether he had shot the demon.

One day the boy lit a large fire and put some stones in the fire which became red hot. When the demon saw the fire he said to himself: “How is this? I thought I had eaten everybody, yet there must be people living over yonder”. So he went to the spot to investigate. On his arrival, the boy said: “Ah! you have come to eat us. Wait a little and I will give you the food I am cooking”. He then took the stones out of the fire and told the demon to open his mouth. He thrust the stones down the demon's throat and killed him. As the demon was dying he said: “Cut off my little finger with grass and your cattle will be given back to you, cut off my thumb and you will get back your people”. The boy did as he was told, and all the people and cattle that had been eaten were restored to life. The people returned with their cattle to their former homes, and after a consultation appointed the boy their chief.