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African Folktale: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted | West African Trickster Tales

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African Folktale: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted | West African Trickster Tales is published on Mythopia by Konlan Mikpekoah. The narrative connects to themes and tags including Ghanaian Tales, Ananse, African Stories. Even shorter folktales carry moral and cultural weight: readers often compare how the lesson applies today, and how the same motif appears across regions. If you know another version from your family or community, Mythopia welcomes a respectful retelling so audiences can compare tone, detail, and local wisdom alongside this text.

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Leopard and Ananse hunted Mr. Man's pigs.

Every time Leopard shot, Ananse shot too.

Leopard hit the pigs.

Ananse didn't hit anything, but he still claimed half the meat.

This made Leopard mad, so he played a trick. "I hear Mr. Man coming!" Leopard shouted.

They both hid.

CRACK! Leopard made a whip-sound. CRACK! Leopard made the sound again.

"Who shot my pigs?" said Leopard in Mr. Man's voice.

"Leopard shot the pigs!" Ananse shouted.

CRACK!

"Not me, Mister Man! I can't shoot! Leopard shot those pigs."

Leopard laughed at Ananse and took all the meat home.

Ananse got nothing.

THE END...