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Kembe and Ayana were distraught. Neither one knew what to do. Their childhood legends lay dead in front of them, and Nganga was about to destroy their village and their families.

They had to do something, but what could kids do against a two-hundred-foot Nganga? If even Danh and the Elephant Bird were too weak to stop him, Kembe and Ayana had no chance.

They tried to look out through the waterfall and they tried not to cry. Maybe their families would see Nganga coming and would run away. Or maybe something else would save them. But both of them knew only they could save their village.

But how?

Just then, Ayana noticed something on the ground. It was the piece of Anansi’s gift that Nganga had broken off. That was how he had made it into the cave. And that gave her an idea.

As she was telling Kembe, Danh moved, and then Kembe noticed the Elephant Bird was still breathing.

Her plan was going to work. It had to.