About this folktale
Ananse's Underground Donkey Trick: How He Fooled Lion with a Tail 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.
Ananse and Lion bought supplies in town.
They were almost home when Ananse said,
"I forgot molasses! You go back and get it.
I'll drive the cart home!" When Lion was gone,
Ananse hid the cart and donkey in the bushes.
Next, he cut off the donkey's tail.
Then he buried the tail sticking straight up
out of the ground. When Lion came back,
Ananse shouted,
"The donkey ran underground!
Grab the tail before he gets away!"
Lion grabbed the tail and pulled.
"Oh no! I pulled the donkey's tail off!"
Lion groaned.
"Now we'll never get the cart back."
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