Neverwinter Forest chrysanthemum

Sorry this took so long I had to find a good story/reformat it!

He was glad for her request, grinning at her. He began to search his memory for a story to tell her, settling on one of the first that he had been taught. I will try to translate it, he said, already deep in thought as he tries to convert words from one language to another. This is a Creation story, he does not know what Lenny believes in, or if she believed in anything at all. He guesses that she will just take it as a story, nothing more, but to him it was more than that. It provided meaning.

It is said Unkulunkulu, the Great One, sent a kobe — a living rock with a head and legs, have you seen one? — to the people; he said to it, "Go, kobe, go and tell them, 'Let not the people die!'"

The kobe set out, but it went slowly — it ate fruit and slept. After some time of waiting, Unkulunkulu sent mjusi — a..lizzzard? Yes, a lizard — with a new message: "Lizard, when you have arrived say, 'Let the people die!'". The lizard went; it ran and made great haste, for Unkulunkulu had commanded it.  

So the lizard went, and when it found the people it said, "I tell you, for Unkulunkulu has said it, 'Let the people die!'"

The lizard came back again to Unkulunkulu before the kobe had reached his destination. When the kobe finally arrived, it shouted, saying, "Unkulunkulu has said it, 'Let not the people die!'"

The people answered angry, "Oh, we have accepted the word of the lizard; it has told us Unkulunkulu's word, 'Let the people die!' We cannot hear your word." And so, through the word of the lizard, the people will die. He trailed off, looking at her expectantly. What did she think?