This African creation story describes how Lindiwe and her daughter, Thandi, visit earth to make sure that all is in order. When they discover tired and thirsty animals, and a landscape with wilting plants and a lifeless soil, Lindiwe creates rainfall and fashions clay pots as a means of collecting it. The animals show their gratitude by decorating the beads Thandi has shaped for herself. An afterword gives information about traditional African pottery and beads.