THE DOG AND THE BONE
Once a stray dog while searching for food came to a butcher's shop. There he got a bone with some meat on it. So, he lifted it and ran to a safe place to enjoy it at ease. He chewed the bone for a very long time and this made him quite thirsty. thirsty. So, he went to a river to quench his thirst. t too! the bone along, as it was worried that some other dog might not ta!e it away. "s the dog stood on a bridge across the river, it loo!ed around to see if it could safely put the bone down while it quenched its thirst. #y chance, he saw his re$ection in the water from over the bridge. He could not follow that it was his shadow. shadow. %ather, he thought it to be another dog with a bone in his mouth. #eing greedy by nature, he wanted that bone too. So, he bar!ed at the other dog, hoping to scare it i t into giving it that bone. #ut alas& The bone that he held in its mouth fell into the river. The End..
Aesop
The Fox and The Crow A Fox once saw a Crow fy o with a piece o cheese in its beak and settle on a branch o a tree. "That's or me, as am a Fox," Fox," said !aster eynard, and he walked #p to the oot o the tree. "$ood day, !istress Crow," Crow," he cried. "%ow well yo# are lookin& today how &lossy yo#r eathers( how bri&ht
yo#r eye. eel s#re yo#r )oice m#st s#rpass that o other birds, *#st as yo#r +&#re does( let me hear b#t one son& rom yo# that may &reet yo# as the #een o -irds." The Crow lited #p her head and be&an to caw her best, b#t the moment she opened her mo#th the piece The ion ( the )ouse " ion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. " timid little )ouse came upon him une*pectedly, and in her fright a n d h a s t e t o g e t a w a y, r a n a c r o s s t h e i o n ' s nose. %oused from his nap, the ion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to !ill her. +Spare me&+ begged the poor )ouse. +lease let me go and some day will surely repay you.+ The ion was much amused to thin! that a )ouse could ever help him. #ut he was generous and -nally let the )ouse go.
S o m e d a y s l a t e r, w h i l e s t a l ! i n g h i s p r e y i n the forest, the ion was caught in the toi ls of a h u n t e r ' s n e t . n a b l e t o f r e e h i m s e l f, h e - l l e d the forest with his angry roaring. The )ouse !new the voice and quic!ly f ound the ion struggling in the net. %unning to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the ion was free . + /o u l a u g h e d w h e n s a i d w o u l d r e p a y you,+ said the )ouse. +0ow you see that even a )ouse can help a ion.+
ensibill and t#pid -ill /ne day ensibill and t#pid -ill were walkin& down the street when they smelt the scent o the cakes and pastries at !rs. ose0s shop. ensibill told t#pid -ill to break in the shop and steal the pastries and cakes. %e ad)ised t#pid -ill to 1holla like a cat2 i he hears !rs. ose comin&. ensibill then let or work. t#pid -ill broke in the shop and was +llin& a ba& with all the delicio#s &oodies when he heard !rs. ose0s ootsteps. %e remembered what ensibill told him and as !rs. ose was approachin&, ensibill be&an chantin& 1%/33A 345 A CAT6 %/33A 345 A CAT6 %/33A 345 A CAT62
Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs /nce #pon a time, a lon& time a&o, there li)ed a spider named Anansi. Anansi's wie was a )ery &ood cook. -#t always, Anansi lo)ed to taste the ood that others in the )illa&e made or themsel)es and or their amilies. /ne day, he stopped by abbit's ho#se. abbit was his &ood riend. "There are &reens in yo#r pot," cried Anansi excitedly. Anansi lo)ed &reens. "They are not 7#ite done," said abbit. "-#t they will be soon. tay and eat with me." " wo#ld lo)e to, abbit, b#t ha)e some thin&s to do," Anansi said h#rriedly. he waited at abbit's ho#se, abbit wo#ld certainly &i)e him *obs to do. " know," said Anansi. "'ll spin a web. 'll tie one end aro#nd my le& and one end to yo#r pot. 8hen the &reens are done, t#& on the web, and 'll come r#nnin&6" abbit tho#&ht that was a &reat idea. And so it was done. " smell beans," Anansi snied excitedly as he ambled alon&. "9elicio#s beans, cookin& in a pot." "Come eat o#r beans with #s," cried the monkeys. "They are almost done." " wo#ld lo)e to Father !onkey," said Anansi. And a&ain, Anansi s#&&ested he spin a web, with one end tied aro#nd his le&, and one end tied to the bi& bean pot.
Father !onkey tho#&ht that was a &reat idea. All his children tho#&ht so, too. And so it was done. " smell sweet potatoes," Anansi snied happily as he ambled alon&. "weet potatoes and honey, do belie)e6" "Anansi," called his riend %o&. "!y pot is #ll o sweet potatoes and honey6 Come share my ood with me." " wo#ld lo)e to," said Anansi. And a&ain, Anansi s#&&ested he spin a web, with one end tied aro#nd his le&, and one end tied to the sweet potato pot. %is riend %o& tho#&ht that was a &reat idea. And so it was done. -y the time Anansi arri)ed at the ri)er, he had one web tied to each o his ei&ht le&s. "This was a wonder#l idea," Anansi told himsel pro#dly. " wonder whose pot will be ready +rst:" ;#st then, Anansi elt a t#& at his le&. "Ah," said Anansi. "That is the web strin& tied to abbit's &reens." %e elt another. And another. Anansi was p#lled three ways at once. "/h dear," said Anansi as he elt the o#rth web strin& p#ll. ;#st then, he elt the +th web strin& t#&. And the sixth. And the se)enth. And the ei&hth. Anansi was p#lled this way and that way, as e)eryone p#lled on the web strin&s at once. %is le&s were p#lled thinner and thinner. Anansi rolled and t#&&ed himsel into the ri)er. 8hen all the webs had washed away, Anansi p#lled himsel pain#lly #p on shore.
"/h my, oh my," si&hed Anansi. "
"merindian 1ol!lore 4anaima 4anaima is known as the =b#sh cannibal0 o the orest. %e is belie)ed to stalk his prey deep in the *#n&le and eat them. %e ollows his )ictim #ntil he meets and kills him. %e is also known to possess )ictims. /ld 4ai The mi&hty 4aiete#r is reerred to in some o the le&ends as The /ld !an's Fall. An old man named 4ai, who #sed to li)e in a )illa&e #rther #p the or !akonaima? chan&ed him into immortal orm. %is boat was t#rned into an elon&ated, pointed rock that can still be seen at the bottom o the waterall, while his pe&all is preser)ed as another rock ormation there. 9#rin& periods o low water le)els, his eat#res may be seen o#tlined in rock. 4ai is said to be li)in& in a ca)e hidden behind the sheer drop o the water and sometimes the alls are co)ered in mist. 8hen this happens, it is beca#se 4ai is cookin& and the smoke orms that mist. wallows and other birds are oten seen swirlin& aro#nd, and they are said to ha)e fown alon& to accompany 4ai on his last )oya&e. They wailed at his passin&, b#t when he was transormed, they remained with him, oten fyin& in and aro#nd the ca)e.
