Bujalo's Mountain

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     A boy named Bujalo lived in the mountains of Kenya. It was his job to take the cattle up the side of the mountain to graze. It was a hard job but Bujalo loved the view from the top of the mountain. He felt like he could see forever.      Once he took a short cut. But the land was rocky and steep. "I'm turning back," said Bujalo. But the cattle would not budge. He tried to push them. Suddenly one of his cattle slipped and fell off the edge. Luckily it fell into a lake. Bujalo ran to the bull to see if it was okay. Part of its horn had been bitten off. Bujalo was thankful no further damage was done. If one of his cattle would have been killed, he would have been punished.       "How did Nile crocodiles get here?" Bujalo wondered. "I'd better alert the village." He rounded up the cattle and rushed back.     "The lake is infested with Nile crocodiles!" cried Bujalo. Some of the elders remembered this.