Mother Nightingale: motherland Tales

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r said he wanted a lesson in guile. 'All right then

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a lion.' sai

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the head of a hyen

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I've just heard that there will be a hunt in this part of the bush tomorrow,, and so I've co

the elephant,' wh

, 'They say they aren't

the elephant.v' Ta

nt agreed, and so the spider stripped some bark off a tree and bound the elephant by its tusks to the tree in the grove. ' Shake your head' he said, 'and let's see if that's t

grove. As he went about he beat the drum and kept shouting' make for the grove' hearing this, the elephant took frigh

Lords of the jungle' . He then continued. ' You do not know where you are with Human beings nowadays. What the

elephant isn't feeling well at all. The other animals have all been to see him, a

elephant? ' A

e, the lion began to weep and wail. Seeing this, the spider brought out his water bottle. 'O

' I say, Kura ' he said, 'the elephant has had its aching tooth out 'ev

rdship's had his tooth out. 'But as soon as the lion heard him, he flew into a rage. ' Here Kura ' he cried angrily, 'what the devil

' Let me drag the body away, before

dragged the carcass of the hyena some dist

the lion and took them with the hide from the head of the hyena to the mast

wn quite as much guile as is good for you. Get