The woman was troubled by her neglectful husband, so she went to the local witchdoctor for help. He told her he could make a charm to win her husband's love back, but she first needed to obtain three hairs from a living lion's mane. Though afraid, she devised a plan to tame a lion near her village by bringing it lambs each day. Eventually the lion trusted her enough to allow her to pull out three hairs. When she returned triumphantly to the witchdoctor with the hairs, he told her that just as she had tamed the lion, she could tame her husband through patience and kindness.