* “The Second Hut” by Doris Lessing. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc., from African Stories by Doris Lessing. Copyright © 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1981 by Doris Lessing. All rights reserved