By the time the elephant arrived at the city gate, he found no one there, he waited and waited but the tortoise was nowhere close. It took a while before the elephant noticed tortoise footprint s on the sand.
Perhaps he waited for me and because I did not come on time, he decided to leave. The elephant thought to himself, I must go in trace of the foot print.
So the elephant began to follow the tortoise footprint, and he travelled the whole day until it led him to a village across the mountains. It was in that village that the elephant decided to sleep and rest to continue the journey the next day. He meet a young lad fetching water from a well and he inquired from the young lad if he could find an inn to rest in the village.
You must be a stranger, the lad replied. There is no inn in this village. People come here from far and wide to visit my father, Kitobito with various problems. He has a large compound tht can ccomodate a multitude.
Is Kotobito the great witch doctor ww=ith enormous powers that I have heard about? the elephant asked curiously
Ye, replied the lad. It is he.