Embwa Rubooga
A long time ago, there lived a Man who had two wives, his children and his beloved dog Rubooga.
The Man loved Rubooga the dog so much that it would never leave his sight whenever he was home. The dog would welcome him whenever he got back home from work.
Whenever he would travel for work, he would return home with meat for his families and his dog, and it would be well prepared for both his family and dog.
One day he travelled and took very long to return home. Unfortunately, his family who were used to eating meat were craving for meat, so one of the wives decided to kill Rubooga, the dog to get meat to feed herself and her children.
When the man returned from his journey, Rubooga the dog did not welcome him as usual, and because he loved Rubooga so much he was filled with so much sadness, he asked his wives where Rubooga the dog had gone, but both wives denied its whereabouts.
So, in order to find out the truth about his dog, the man decided to dig a very deep pit, and underneath, he filled it with spears, and asked each wife to line up and sing a song before jumping over the pit.
The sang the song that went like,
If I ate Rubooga, I will jump and fall in the deep pit, if I did not eat Rubooga, I will jump and not fall in the pit *3
The first wife, together with her children sang and were able to jump over the deep pit safely.
As the second wife went on, she had already started crying, because she was guilty. She together with her children sung and fell into the deep pit and died because they had all eaten Rubooga.
Moral of the story,
Always tell the truth, no matter the circumstance.
*Bunyoro-Kitara Folklore*