The Moon and Stars
Anansi and his son were captured by a dragon and taken to his lair to wait with the other captives. A cock was supposed to be guarding them but he was distracted by picking up ride. The son threw a rope ladder to the gods and they hoisted everyone up to escape, the son fought off the dragon when he also tried to climb up. The gods were impressed and made him the sun, his dad the moon, and the others the stars. The son gave life/power to them all.
How the Tortoise Got Its Shell
The kings servant went out to fetch him some palm wine. He had to fight for it and winning he earned a pot of wine and the palm trees. He carried this back but when he returned the gate was locked and everyone was inside. He waited outside in the rain, it rained for two months straight so everyone stayed inside. He died from the pots weight on his back and it molded to him because of the mud... thus creating the turtle shell. I never see these stories turning out the way they do.
The Hunter and the Tortoise
A tortoise sang in the forest and the hunter was not content to visit her everyday so he took her to his home, but she would sing only for him. He spread her secret and was brought before the king. He said he would show them all her gift or he could be killed. So he bought her before the town but she didn't make a sound all day. At night they killed him and then she spoke. He had brought this on himself.
King Chameleon and the Animals
In a race to decide who would be made the king of the animals, the chameleon cheated and held onto the tail of the quick hare. The hare reached the winners seat first but the chameleon dropped off on the seat a second before he did. He became king but the animals didn't like this so they left the area. The chameleon now hides alone at the top of a tree calling for friends.
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| A king with no subjects is no king at all |
Elephant and Wren
This spider, Anansi is the greediest, most evil, terrible excuse for a father/husband I have ever seen. Again in another story he gets food, a whole elephant enough to fee his family. But instead he ties it up to hide for himself and tries to catch a tiny bird for the others to eat. He fails and when he goes back to get the elephant its gone too. Now because of his selfish stupidity everyone starves. This would be a good story to switch up and teach Anansi a lesson.
The Ungrateful Man
A hunter rescued a man, a tiger, a snake, and a rat from a hole that they had fallen into. They each repaid him except for the man who mooched off of him and wanted to ruin his god fortune. The king had his jewels stolen and the man blamed the hunter. When the hunter was about to be killed the kings son was bitten by a snake and the hunter used the anti venom given to him by the snake and mixed it with his traitors blood, who the king had killed, and was able to save the kings son.
Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked
A man and tiger became great friends and they visited and stayed at each others homes. Then later the man died and the tiger and his son went to pay their condolences to the mans son. On their way back home two other men shot the tiger but didn't kill him. To see if the tigers friend had anything to do with this the tiger played dead to test the man's son's reaction. He cried and the tiger promised never to hurt a man unless provoked.
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies
A farmer started to plant crops in a field but fairies lived there and they were eager to help. He got a great crop going but then his wife begged him to know where to field was so she could go pick one item to eat. He told her not to answer the fairies questions when she was there but she didn't listen and she told them she wanted to pick a crop. Naturally the fairies jumped right in and helped her but they picked every single item making them useless because they were still green and ripe.
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