Mother Nightingale: motherland Tales

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were once living in a town where p

seed. 'Husband' said Koki to Gizo 'the rains have brok

er 3,000 calories to buy seed groundnuts and when she returned with them, he a

So Koki roasted the groundnuts and then the spider asked her to put

dnut paste. There he found a large tree and, stretching himself out in the shade, spent the whole

re at her.' What do you mean” welcome”? He said'

around. 'People have started hoeing Gizo'

dnut should be left among the weeds, tha

t were being lifted she went and told her husband. 'Oh alright, said Gizo. with that, he left the house and went out to

wife said his wife these ground

en he invited his wife to come and see it.' Look to the east '. He said' it's all mi

said Koki 'you must hav

is year we shall have plenty of food you must st

Each of the Fulani went to the farm and carried away what they had harvested, Gizo would

. To find out they made a doll which they fashioned out of latex in the image of a girl and these they placed

st is yours .is it? With that, he set to and ate most of the food. When he had done that he

aid' I was only having fun. He now stretched out the other hand and that too stuck fast' let go' he

t too stuck fast. 'Let go'! He cried, or I shall charge you and that will hurt' the doll didn't let go, so he charged forward and his body stalk fast. 'Little

as delivered you up today and even if you were an elephant or not just a spider you would b

was. 'The Fulani have set me up here' said the spider and giving me meat and stew and gruel there are some over there which you can have if you li

ave to come and take my place while I go and relieve myself or when they come bac

der 'don't let me come back and find out you have eaten everything and haven't kept my share'. Dear me no' said the

lf off. When he was well clear of the farm, he fou

't help you'. They told him because whether you are a hyena or an elephant you are going to get the trashing of your life.'

my hands on that Gizo he said to himself I would eat him up every bit yes and drink his blood. At this, the spider

owly down but when he had nearly reached the ground he sudde

' said the spider 'just some Fulani' was enough for the hyena

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eat. As he could find no one, he sent out an invitation to all the animals to c

the ground. ' And with you peace' replied Gizo from the entrance hall, 'haven't your other neighbors arrived yet?' Asked the dung beetle. 'Not

r it was at the gate.' It is for the beetle, he is in the house if you want him'

it was at the gate. 'That the spider's. He's in the house if you want to meet him.

and killed the wildcat. Then came the hyena who killed

s have assembled. ' No not yet, said the spider so far only the leopard had come and if y

could no longer see he picked up his club and entered the fray himself. 'My lords' He cried laying about him, 'you should know better than this'. 'Patience, Sir leopard' he went on,

fe Koki . Together they gathered all the animals which had been slain. They st