Nambi

Then one day Walumbe came down to see them, and Nambi was very frightened.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Earth, and Nambi soon forgot her tears when she met Kintu again and saw how happy she had made him by coming back

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

But Nambi said: I will go, I promised Kintu, and my father would never wish me to break my promise.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

They were horrified and afraid what their father Gulu might say, and they said to Nambi, "If you had not been disobedient this would not have happened"; but as nothing could be done they all slid down the rainbow to the

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

He told them how lonely he was, and Nambi, who had a tender heart, was very sorry for him, and she said: "I will come back again and marry you, and then you won't be lonely any more in this beautiful country."

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Then the brothers said good-bye to her and went home, and Nambi began to make her new life.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Kintu and Nambi lived many years happily together and had many sons and daughters, and Kintu forgot all about his promise.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Then the King gave the Moon a beautiful cloak of silver and said: "Go and shine on the Earth where Nambi is, so that if she wants to walk at night, she may have your light; and all Nambi's children will love you and rejoice when they see you, and beat drums and make music, and all people on the Earth shall praise you and sing songs to you."

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

So Nambi and her two brothers packed all her things in bundles, and she said good-bye to her father, and they started down a rainbow.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Nambi was very frightened, and at first she would not tell him, but Walumbe would not go away.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922