As was promised last week, Laolu's Blog will be bringing you stories from Africa's wealth of Folklore. First up, Nigeria, West Africa, “the tug of war.”

“Long long ago, when the earth was young, animals could speak and walk on two legs.

They lived the way humans do, and were comfortable in their forest abode.


Of all the animals, the tortoise “Ijapa” was different. He was a wily trickster and cunning in his ways. So one day, after sitting in his house brewing up some mischief, he decided on something.

Just the other day, the elephant had made a boast about his strength, and ridiculed the weak powerless animals among which he included the tortoise.

Seated in his mud hut, the wily trickster came up with a plan and so went off in search of the elephant.

Soon he was before the gigantic herbivore. He wasted no time in challenging him to a tug of war to prove his strength. The elephant
agreed...

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Post the rest here?

tpiander:
Post the rest here?

lol. it's there on the website. just visit it, read as much as you like