When the Ngoni princess returns to her village from hiding at the leopard's nest, she is horrified to find that her village was turned into ruins after an enemy attack. However, at the evening twilight with the wind hushed and quiet as the princess places her ear on the ground, she can hear sounds of animals, children playing, women pounding and men chopping wood, coming from beneath the earth. Had her village sank?This work is entirely fiction but...