The Great Spirit decides whether to allow living creatures to live forever or if they should grow old and die. At first, the Great Spirit decides that creatures will live forever and asks Chameleon to spread the message. But, after talking to various animals, the Spirit changes his mind. He then sends Gecko to race ahead of the chameleon to let the world know. The Gecko arrives at the village first and Chameleon is blamed for the fact that all creatures grow old and eventually die. Based on a traditional South African folktale.