and like everything lately , this uplift in his familys fortune and spirits was related to food for while she was roaming the garden in search of more snails , yofana had come upon a hare ( and a big one at that , almost the size of a wildcat ) which , having grown lazy and careless by the lack of beasts of prey , was caught unawares and promptly delivered to the kitchen where , amidst the gleeful shrieks of yofana and yonfi , it was swiftly killed and skinned by yenka , overwhelmed to the point of tears by their good luck .