A pregnant cannibal woman and the husband were moving, when suddenly they were attacked. Her husband was killed and she ran for her life hiding herself nearby in the bush next to the village. The attackers were searching for her everywhere and a woman who had known her approached her and said, “You will not be killed my sister, I am going to protect you,” though the woman was not a cannibal herself.

The attackers were still looking for her and even came to where she was hiding, but the Samaritan woman told them, “My people, she just escaped and she is not here.”

So luckily the attackers moved away and she was rescued. During night hours, she came back to the good Samaritan who rescued her and gave thanks to her, and also told her that she was pregnant with twins and promised her that when she gives birth, she would bring the twins to her.

Then she moved away. When she gave birth to the twins, she came back to her sister and brought the twins with her and she gave them to the Samaritan, and thereafter they made another promise to themselves that they would remain friends until death.

Storyteller Nyadoal

Storyteller: Nyadoal
Language: Nuer
Community: Nuer (originally from Rubkona, Unity State, living in UNMISS PoC at time of project)
Story Researcher: Nyechuol Ruai
Place: Juba PoC
Date: 2015