Ananse Tricks Hyena by the River: A Clever African Folktale

Ananse and Hyena went to the river.

"Take out your guts before your bath!"

Ananse told Hyena, and Hyena did.

Then Ananse ate Hyena's guts while Hyena took a bath.

"Where are my guts?" shouted Hyena.

"The monkeys took your guts to Monkey-Town,"

said Ananse. Hyena ran to Monkey-Town,

and the monkeys were all singing:

"All the monkeys swallowed them up!

We ate Mister Hyena's guts!"

Hyena got mad and started killing the monkeys.

One of the monkeys shouted,

"Stop that, Hyena! It's only a song!

Ananse taught us this song yesterday."

So Hyena knew Ananse had tricked him again.