How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"
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| Lizard eating spider |
The spider in this story was very jealous that all the stories told were about Nyankupon, the chief of Gods. He wanted people to hear his stories.
He had to bring the chief of Gods three items for his wish to come true.
He tricked the bees, a snake, and a tiger into going to the chief. Nyankupon was very surprised by the spider's smarts, so he allowed all old tales to be called Anansi tales.
Tit For Tat
This story involves Anansi again. He follows his son to where all the animals live. There is a great famine and people can't afford to buy meat.
The father, Anansi, was very selfish, but his son had outsmarted him. He was able to trick his father and become very rich selling the meat his father caught.
In the end, Anansi promised to stop his evil tricks, but it didn't last very long.
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