Ananse's Yam-Foofoo Trick: How His Clever Son Discovered the Secret Nam

Ananse planted a special yam named yam-foofoo,

and it grew big!

He took some home and cooked it.

"Tell me this yam's name,"

Ananse said. "Otherwise, you don't eat."

Nobody knew the yam's name,

so Ananse ate the whole yam.

Next day, Ananse's youngest son,

Cunning-More-Than-Father,

mashed some okra and spread it on the ground.

Then he hid and watched.

Coming home,

Ananse slipped on the okra and fell.

"Oh! I dropped my yam-foofoo!" he shouted.

Cunning-More-Than-Father ran home and told everybody.

When Ananse cooked the yam,

his wife and children said,

"Give us yam-foofoo!" and Ananse had to share.