Give
a saying
Of
the ancestors
The
hare being small
spoke
first
with
a glance
at
the lion
he
affirmed that
no
matter how tiny
the
needle;
the
chicken cannot swallow it
the
lion sniffed and tossed
his
mane in affirmation.
The
ant looked at the elephant and said,
‘If
we enter through your southern gate
we
can stop you
and make you stampede in pain’
Then
the tortoise was asked
to
give a saying from the
Elders
he
scratched his pate
and
looked down in shame
the
vulture cackled
‘Stupid
as usual’
the tortoise walked
the
earth from
east
to west
picking
all the
wisdom
he could find,
into
a calabash gourd
to
shame all and one.
He
searched for the tallest tree
determined
to hang
all wisdom
out of reach
he
held the gourd
firmly
to his chest,
as
he tried
to
climb the tallest tree.
The
squirrel passing by
stopped
and wondered
"but
why don’t you sling
the
gourd on your back
to
make it easy to climb?
As
tortoise stared in shock
the
squirrel rushed up the
tree
as he muttered and
shook
his tail
‘stupid
as usual’
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