ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a 'Just-So' story of how blindness came to the world. It is a common theme amongst storytellers, for blindness is one of the most common of ailments in the country and naturally one of the most dreaded. All the natives are fond of listening to and repeating stories classified by Mr. Kipling as 'Just-So' stories, and in their mass of tales these figure to a vast extent. One could without difficulty fill many volumes with them, but the following will suffice to illustrate the type and show the great simplicity of the native mind. At the same time the power of imagination seems pretty lively and the power of ingenuity extreme. A quite elaborate tale ends in the slaying of an animal or whatever may be the subject-matter of the story. It is then cut or broken into pieces, and these come to life and thus the original is reproduced all over the world.
