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Mandy and Twi joined some women, who greeted Mandy with smiles.

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Twi gave Mandy a cloth bag to hang over her shoulder.

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"You put the nuts in here," said Twi.

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The women headed off into the bushes.

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Mandy looked for Vinnie, but he had already left.

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The women and girls reached some tall trees and then split up.

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Each woman worked under a tree, collecting the nuts on the ground.

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"I'll be over there,"

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grinned Twi, pointing to a nearby tree.

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"Wait! What do the nuts look like?" cried Mandy.

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"Look," smiled Twi, as she picked up an egg-shaped nut.

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"This is the mongongo."

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Then Twi left Mandy to gather the strange nuts.

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"Well," thought Mandy, "at least I'm not doing anything horrible like hunting."

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Meanwhile, Vinnie was watching Kashe as he reached into a small cloth bag.

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"Pay attention," said Kashe, holding up an arrow.

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"We will add the poison now."

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"Poison?" asked Vinnie, nervously.

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"Hold this arrow, Vinnie," said Kashe.

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Vinnie held the arrow carefully.

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"These are beetle larvae,"

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explained Kashe, holding up some small yellow things.

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"They contain poison."

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He squeezed some liquid from one larva.

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Then he put it on the arrow.

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"We shoot the animal and the poison goes into the blood," said Kashe.

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"Soon, the animal dies."

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Another man named Gau came running up.

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"We have spotted the birds," he said.

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"Do you shoot birds?" asked Vinnie.

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Kashe shook his head.

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"Birds circle in the sky above a dying animal.

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We are close to an animal we shot yesterday.

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We must go and carry it back to the village."

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Meanwhile, Mandy was thinking that picking nuts wasn't much fun.

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"Mandy, how many have you got?"

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Twi walked over to her.

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Twi's bag was overflowing with nuts.

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Mandy only had a few.

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"How did you get so many so fast?" asked Mandy.

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"We learn how to pick mongongo nuts when we are very young," said Twi, grinning. "Watch!"

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She bent down.

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Her hands moved quickly back and forth on the ground.

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Then she stood up, smiled, and used only her toes to pick up a nut.

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Mandy laughed and clapped her hands.

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"That's amazing!"

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The other women gathered together and emptied their bags on the ground.

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"The nuts are heavy.

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So we crack the shells off here," explained Twi.

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"Then our bags are much lighter for the journey home."

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"Good idea!" said Mandy.

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"Oh, while we're here," Twi said, "I want to show you something."

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Mandy followed Twi to a small cave.

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At the opening, they found a rock with some paintings on it.

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"These are drawings my ancestors made," said Twi.

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"They tell a story about our people."

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Mandy could see animals and dancing men on the rock.

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The men had animal features too.

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Some had horns.

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Others had lion's legs.

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"This is the object in the photo!" shouted Mandy.

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"What do you mean?" cried Twi.

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"So why am I still here?" thought Mandy.