Motikatika - It is funny
how the tables have turned in this story. She was very difficult to please.
Being picky about everything he brought her. So when he fell thirsty he did the
exact same thing. Only that she was confronted with a ogre. As a mother how
could she trade in her baby’s life so that she may save her own. But again her
child is a magician and knows of her promise to the ogre. I found that quite
funny.
Motikatika (cont.) - I think Motikatia is an evil baby. How could he collect
babies. My thoughts right now is – what happens to all these babies now? But it
was also a smart strategy in preventing the ogre from eating him and confusing
him. It is sad that in the end the father gets eaten based on the fact that he
was the one that sent the mother in the first place.
Jackal and Spring - The jackal in this story is rather clever. He managed to
trick both the rabbit and the hare into giving them a treat. However he
underestimated the least powerful being the tortoise but in fact he was the
only one he could not trick. Goes to show to never underestimate even the
smallest among us.
Adventures of a Jackal & Adventures of a Jackal
(cont.) - The jackel
here is very cunning. Why he would make tight shoes for the panther I don’t
know. But the fact that he was not apologetic for it means he done it on
purpose. So I could understand why the panther wants revenge. He is very
qualified in being deceitful that he is always one step ahead of the Panther.
But the old mans advice is very clever in helping him distinguish the traitor
jackel from the rest. The way he tied all the jacels tails was a even cleverer
move making it impossible for the panther to know whose who.
Adventures of a Jackal (end) - Finally, there was someone who was more cunning than the
jackel. And got revenge for all that he wronged. The hedgehog was much smarter
than the jackel in that he recognized the difference between the sheep and the greyhound.
Adventures of Jackal's Eldest
Son - I really enjoyed reading this story. It is another
example of how cunning the jackel is. Now that the heyena was killed by the
lion because of how he said he would divide the prey. The jackel said that he
would divide it in a way that pleased the lion. Which in reality means that if
the hayena is taken out of the equation it means that the jackel can wear the
clock by day and by night.
Adventures of Jackal's Eldest
Son (cont.) - The jackel is a very ungrateful creature. His
fathers friend actually did him a favour by telling him where the butter was.
Instead he makes the hedgehog steal and then scares him away so that he may
have it all. But again the hedgehog came out on top. By crushing him.
Adventures of Younger Son of
Jackal - I don’t quite
understand why the jackel being so kind in his offer would not equally share
with the sheep. The youngest jackel was not supposed to be like his father and
brother. Its funny how due to the jackels fear of the greyhound he shared evenly. Obviously he would not want to end up like his father.
Hassebu &Hassebu (cont.) - When reading this story I had a feeling that Hassebu’s
companions was going to play him and become greedy. But Hassebu was a very
smart young man. It reminds me of the quranic story of yusuf being left in the
well by his brothers, leaving him for dead. The king of snakes was a very
humble man as he still helped Hassebu knowing that it was because of him he was
going to die. In return Hassebu became very learnt and great physician like his
father was.
The Heart of a Monkey - I thought this story was very hilarious in the way that the monkey convinced the shark to turn
back around to get his heart although he had his heart the whole time. What a
clever monkey.
The Heart of a Monkey: The
Washerman's Donkey & The Heart of a Monkey: The
Washerman's Donkey (cont.) -What a clever
donkey. She managed to escape the hare and the lions set up. I thought it was
quite weird how a donkey and a lion could be married. Very creative. It is
quite sad that the lion still wants the same donkey for dinner, whilst she is
still recovering. The donkey was rather stupid in the story thinking that he
was trying to kiss you. So she goes to the lion again resulting in her death. I
think it was a smart concept as to why she came a second time being that she
had no heart.
Makoma & Makoma (cont.) - This story reminds me of Hercules but the African version.
As Hercules completed the hardest and darkest of obstacles and always remained successful.
As Hercules kept souvenirs of all twelve tasks that he had completed, Makoma did
the same by placing them in a bag. I think he was sort of like a bully as he
felt the need to prove he was the greatest instead of leaving them to do what
they did best. Although he kept them as friends in the end.
Makoma (end) - The giant – sakatrina was so huge that even with Makomas
hardest hit he felt very little. This was not like Makomas other challenges.
They both were equally as strong therefore they became gods. I thought this was
a very Greek myth like story.
Source: African tales
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