Ananse's Failed Plot: How Cunning-More-Than-Father Outwitted His Father and the Hyena

Ananse hated his son Cunning-More-Than-Father and wanted to kill him.

While Ananse plotted with Hyena,

Cunning-More-Than-Father pretended to be asleep under the table,

but he was listening.

"Help me kill him!" Ananse said to Hyena.

"I'll hide in the pepper-plant," Hyena said. "Send your son there."

At suppertime, Ananse said, "Son, go pick peppers from the pepper-plant!"

But Cunning-More-Than-Father took a stick from the fire and poked the pepper-plant.

The fire-stick burned Hyena's face! Hyena screamed and ran away.

Cunning-More-Than-Father then told Ananse,

"The pepper-plant screamed,

so I didn't pick any peppers."

Ananse had to eat supper without any peppers.