African Folktale: How Ananse Tricked Tiger with a Knife | West African Trickster Tales

Tiger and Ananse went walking together.

"I have a knife," Ananse said. "Do you?"

"I do!" said Tiger.

Then Ananse said, "I'm scared of your knife, Tiger."

"I'm scared of yours too, Ananse!"

"We should throw away our knives," said Ananse. "I'll go first!"

Ananse threw something away, but it wasn't his knife; it was a rock.

"Now you!" said Ananse.

Tiger threw away his knife.

Then they came to some pineapple.

Ananse shouted, "You need a knife to eat pineapple," and he started eating.

Tiger didn't have a knife, so he couldn't eat pineapple.

Ananse had tricked Tiger again!