By W. H. Barker, Cecilia Sinclair
A pleasant selection of people stories from West Africa together with 18 Anansi stories, in addition to 17 others. contains the tale of the way the stories got here to be referred to as Anansi stories. within the olden days all of the tales which males informed have been tales of Nyankupon, the executive of the gods. Spider sought after the tales to be approximately him. Nyankupon agreed, on one , particularly that he convey him 3 issues: a jar choked with reside bees, a boa-constrictor, and a tiger. How Anansi contrived to accomplish a lot of these projects is said within the commencing tale. appropriate for a while 6 and up.
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The dragon began to climb after him. Each time the monster came too near the young man threw him a bone, with which, being very hungry, he was obliged to descend to the ground to eat. Kweku Tsin repeated this performance till all the bones were gone, by which time the people were safely up in the heavens. Then he mounted himself, as rapidly as possible, stopping every now and then to play a tune on the wonderful fiddle. Each time he did this, the dragon had to return to earth, to dance—as he could not resist the magic music.
Spider then went to their cottage and brought away the body of the antelope. The whole village was invited to the feast, which was held in front of the two poor animals on the tree. During this festival every one made fun of the wolf and leopard. Next morning White Ant and his children passed the place on their way to some friends. Mr. Leopard begged them to set him and his friend free. White Ant and his family set to work, destroyed the tree and set them at liberty. Leopard and Wolf promised the ants that on their return they would spread a feast for them.
Said Spider. " Spider immediately did so. Having thus made the tiger helpless, he led him straight to Nyankupon's house. Nyankupon was amazed at Spider's cleverness in fulfilling the three conditions. He immediately gave him permission for the future to call all the old tales Anansi tales. How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race THERE once lived, in Fanti-land, a man named Father Anansi. He possessed all the wisdom in the world. People came to him daily for advice and help. One day the men of the country were unfortunate enough to offend Father Anansi, who immediately resolved to punish them.