They were so remarkable that you don't have to believe them unless you want to.
[Drawing: _Abdi's Uncle and the Man-Eaters_] ABDI'S STORY ABOUT HIS UNCLE AND THE LIONS "Once upon a time my uncle, who was a great runner, encountered six man-eating lions sitting in the road.

He took his spear and tried to kill them, but they divided, three on each side of the road.

So he took to his heels.

To the next town it was twelve hours' march, but he ran it in ten hours, the lions in hot pursuit every minute of the time.

When he reached the town he jumped over the thorn bush zareba, and the lions, close behind him, jumped over after him and were killed by his spear, one after the other." ABDI'S STORY ABOUT THE WILY SOMALI AND THE LION "Once upon a time there was a Somali who was warned not to go down a certain road on account of the man-eating lions.