His Father's Son

In the village of Manlaturu there lived an old hunter who was so famous that all the villagers took pride in eating the bush meat he got from his hunting expeditions.

Muturu as he is called was a wise hunter who knew all the ways of the animals in the bush.
Story has it that Muturu once came across a wounded antelope in the bush, instead of killing it, he applied some medicinal herbs on the antelope's injury and left it to continue with his hunt.

Well, there is an iota of truth to the story even though some dismissed it as a fallacy.

Muturu lived in a part of the village that was very close to his hunting grounds: the forests of Manlaturu. A forest that only brave hunters dared to enter. His wife, Imena died some years ago living him with the responsibility bringing up their only son Mannu.

Mannu was only 18 years old at the time his mother died. And after his mother's death, he started following his father on hunting expeditions.
One day the elders of the village visit Muturu in his home.
After exchange of greetings and the traditional presentation of cola nuts to the elders, Muturu said to them, "What makes the frog to run in the day time, elders?"
The eldest man among them replied, "If the owl did not cry in the night, the child wouldn't have died in the morning."
Muturu scratched his head for some seconds. He usually does this whenever he is in deep thought.
He then answered them, "What is the matter and what can I do to help?"
The second elder said to him, "We have received complaints about missing fowls, goats and sheep from our people. And after our investigations we realized that they were not stolen. Now some rumors filtered into our ears that there was a young lion driven away from a neighbouring village which has taken cover in the forests of Manlaturu.
We strongly believe that this lion is responsible for the missing livestock."

Muturu scratched his head again, this time around for almost a minute wondering how to answer the elders.

To be continued...