Ananse's Egg Count: How Tacoomah Tried to Hide His Greed

Tacoomah visited Ananse.

Ananse had one hundred eggs in a nest,

and greedy Tacoomah ate ninety-nine of Ananse's eggs.

Then Ananse said,

"I'll count my eggs!"

"You don't need to," said Tacoomah.

"I'll count them for you."

"Hold each egg up high so I can see it,"

said Ananse.

Tacoomah went out to the nest and

lifted up one egg so that Ananse could see it.

"One!" Tacoomah said.

Then Tacoomah lowered the egg into the nest and

lifted the same egg up again. "Two!" he said.

So Tacoomah did that one hundred times...

but there was only one egg.