Ananse's Pea Patch Plot: How the Spider Got Stuck in the Rafters

Mrs. Ananse planted peas, but Ananse didn't help.

He pretended he was dying.

"Bury me in the pea-field," he said.

"Make a coffin-hole so I can watch the peas growing while I'm dead."

Ananse pretended to die,

and they buried him.

Every night Ananse got out of the grave and ate peas.

Ananse's son made a tar-stump to catch him.

"These peas are mine!" Ananse shouted at the tar-stump.

Ananse fought with the tar-stump and got stuck.

Ananse's family found him stuck to the tar-stump.

Ananse was so ashamed he ran up in the rafters,

and that's where he stays.