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1. Greedy HyenaGreedy Hyena
John NgaJohn Nga''siksikee
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2. Atabo and Akiru went to the river to
collect water.
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3. On their way back home they rested
on some rocks.
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4. Atabo tried to stand up to continue
home. But she was stuck to the
rock.
Akiru ran home to call mother.
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5. When mother arrived at the rock, she
found Atabo truly stuck.
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6. "I will make a fence around the rock
to protect you from wild animals,"
mother said to Atabo.
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7. So, she made a fence. And she
made one door for her to get inside.
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8. Then mother said to Atabo, "I will bring you food. When I come I will
sing a song for you to open the door."
This is what she sang, "lka kook nachirima. Bala ekena,
ke...ke...i...ya.Tangarae totokonia kainak ngakon kile."
Mother also said, "Never open the door to a stranger." Whenever she
came she sang the song. Atabo would open the door and receive
the food.
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9. Hyena was hiding and listening. He
watched when mother came to feed
Atabo.
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10. Hyena tried to copy mother's song.
He practised and practised.
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11. The other animals told Hyena to
swallow a fly from the river so that
he could sing better.
He swallowed a fly from the river
and went to sing. But the door did
not open.
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12. Next, he swallowed a fly from the
nearby plains and he went to sing.
But the door did not open.
Finally he swallowed a fly from the
far away plains.
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13. With this new voice he again went to
sing at the door.
The door opened, andHyena ate
Atabo.
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14. When mother came again, she sang,
and sang, and sang. But nothing
happened.
So she called a meeting of all the
animals and lit a large fire. "The
animal that ate Atabo will fall into
the fire and burn," she said.
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15. All the animals jumped safely over
the fire. Only Fox and Hyena
remained.
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16. Fox jumped and the fire caught his
tail. He cried in pain.
Last of all came the hyena. He
jumped and fell into the fire.
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17. Then all the animals sang, "Ata
kalio.Anikanyamit ikon
koku.Achakakin nakim
na,chi...gi...gir."
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18. Greedy HyenaGreedy Hyena
WWriter: John Ngariter: John Nga''siksikee
IllustrIllustration: Zablon Alex Ngukuation: Zablon Alex Nguku
Language: EnglishLanguage: English
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