Vusirala Lizimu (Siswati)

Vusirala is a greedy giant who is always hungry. The villagers are all afraid of him until a young girl bravely and cleverly saves them. This story deals with growth, comparative size, compounding of numbers and doubling up; the giant doubles his size each time he appears and is given double the number of animals to eat. The story also touches on opposites such as heavy and light and loud and soft, and on estimation.