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Ananse's Soup Scheme: The Spider's Failed Plot for Chicken Soup

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About this folktale

Ananse's Soup Scheme: The Spider's Failed Plot for Chicken Soup is published on Mythopia by Konlan Mikpekoah. The narrative connects to themes and tags including African folklore and oral tradition. 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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"I'm so sick," Ananse said to his wife.

"Consult the doctor!"

When she left,

Ananse ran to the doctor's office and put on the doctor's clothes.

"Ananse's sick!" she said.

"He needs chicken soup!" Ananse replied.

Ananse then ran home before his wife got there.

Lying in bed, he sang,

"Chicken soup for me, for me, chicken soup for me-oh…"

Mrs. Ananse heard him.

She started cooking. "Ready soon!" she said.

Ananse smelled soup.

She called the village children. "Eat quietly!" she whispered.

They ate the soup.

"Ready now!" she said to Ananse.

Ananse came, but the soup was gone!

THE END...