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

"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!