Reading Notes: South Africa, Part B
Jackal and Monkey
Story source: South African Folk-Tales by James Honey (1910).
The Jackal is once again visiting the corral of a farmer, but this time the farmer sets a trap to catch him.
Every single evening the jackal went to the farmer's corral. He crept through a sliding door and stole a fat young lamb. The jackal did this several times with success until one day the farmer set a sip for him at the door. The jackal went again and was caught around the nose by a trap. He was swung into the air and swayed back and forth because his feet could not touch the ground. When morning came, a monkey approached the jackal and was flaunting in his face that he was caught by the farmer. The jackal acted like he was enjoying being in the trap and that he had planned to do it. This continued on and the jackal convinced the monkey to get him out of the trap. When the monkey got him out, he was then trapped and hanging in the air. Just as this happened the farmer walked out with a gun and found the monkey in the trap. The monkey tried to explain to him that it was not him who was stealing it was the jackal. The farmer did not believe the monkey and shot him dead.
Story source: South African Folk-Tales by James Honey (1910).
The Jackal is once again visiting the corral of a farmer, but this time the farmer sets a trap to catch him.
Every single evening the jackal went to the farmer's corral. He crept through a sliding door and stole a fat young lamb. The jackal did this several times with success until one day the farmer set a sip for him at the door. The jackal went again and was caught around the nose by a trap. He was swung into the air and swayed back and forth because his feet could not touch the ground. When morning came, a monkey approached the jackal and was flaunting in his face that he was caught by the farmer. The jackal acted like he was enjoying being in the trap and that he had planned to do it. This continued on and the jackal convinced the monkey to get him out of the trap. When the monkey got him out, he was then trapped and hanging in the air. Just as this happened the farmer walked out with a gun and found the monkey in the trap. The monkey tried to explain to him that it was not him who was stealing it was the jackal. The farmer did not believe the monkey and shot him dead.
It is said, that before animals lived with the lion, the lion could fly.
The Lion make a pair of white crows watch the bones and left them behind as he went hunting. One day, a great frog came and broke the bones into pieces. The crows did not protect the bones. The great frog asked why animals and men can no longer live together and requested that the lion pay him a visit at the yonder pool. The lion tried to fly up there but realized he could no longer fly and got very angry and returned to the bones. He asked the crows what had happened and they told him that someone had come in and broke the bones into pieces. The lion went to the great frogs home and he was sitting at the edge of the pond. The frog jumped into the water when the lion tried to creep upon him and the lion lunged after him but could not catch him. From that day on, the lion walked on his feet and could no longer fly.
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