West Africa: The Squirrel and the Spider
By: William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair
This story had two main characters: the squirrel and the spider.
The squirrel had worked very hard to plant and grow his farm. The only thing he didn't have was a roadway that led to his farm, because he used the trees to climb to be able to access his farm.
The other character, spider, thought that since there wasn't a roadway leading to the farm that he could take it and make it his own. He did this by allowing his family to help out and take the corn from the farm.
One day, the squirrel found out and decided to take the spider to court. The court ruled in spiders favor, so he was now the owner of the farm.
As the spider and his family began taking the harvest, it began to storm. They were forced to put down all that they were carrying and take shelter.
When they returned, a crow had had claimed the bundles. After bickering back and forth, the crow ended up keeping the harvest.
In the end, the spider learned a valuable lesson.
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