--- title: Story of Lion and Little Jackal. — Kaffir folk-lore · full text with trees description: Story of Lion and Little Jackal., «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: This story is very likely of Hottentot origin. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kaffir folk-lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/) / Story of Lion and Little Jackal. # Story of Lion and Little Jackal. Story of Lion and Little Jackal. of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole text, 8 sentences and 159 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. This story is very likely of Hottentot origin.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") It is generally told by the Kaffirs, but I have observed that it is a special favourite in places only where there is a very strong tinge of Hottentot blood.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") It is capable of indefinite extension by the narrator, but the tricks of Little Jackal are always very silly ones.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The above are among the best of them.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") \[1\] Words without meaning, but used to express contempt, being merely a repetition of the sound ngci.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") \[2\] A Kaffir who went with the mission party from Lovedale to Lake Nyassa, and remained there several years, informs me that he found the Imfumba the commonest game of the children in that part of Africa.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") When he had learned the language of the people there, he was surprised to hear many of the common Kaffir folklore stories told nearly as he had heard them related by Gaika women when he was a boy.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Story of Kenkebe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/38/) - ↑ back to [Kaffir folk-lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/)