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| Anansi an di Banana Tree Nuh swap dog fi monkey. STORY No. 1 Once upon a time Bra Anansi used to live pon dutty an plant grung like everybody else in di village. Dem deh time deh, one han a banana kuda feed waa small fambily. An as time pass, more an more people start mek grung near di village, till yu kudn walk widout walk inna smaddy grung. An it gwaan an gwaan till one year Bra Ananse, Bra Dog an Bra Monkey decide fi plant grung togedda inna waan far place near di edge of di forest. Di three a dem decide fi plant banana fi di fus. One morning wen di banana nearly full, Bra Dog go tek a look pon di grung. So im si seh one whole bunch a banana cut down an gone. Bra Dog call Bra Monkey an Bra Ananse an tell dem seh dat it look like smaddy a teef di banana. So dem decide fi watch fi di teef an seef dem kuda ketch im. Weeks pass, an the teef still a teef di banana and dem nuh si a who. It gwaan an gwaan till only di prettiest bunch a banana lef back, an by dat time Bra Dog an Bra Monkey a suspect Bra Anansi, but since dem nuh ketch him a dweet, dem kudn seh nutting. So when di last bunch a banana lef in di grung, Bra Dog an Bra Monkey decide fi set up an si if dem kuda ketch Bra Ananse. Dat night, the three a dem set up a watch dem one anodda. Bra Ananse look up an si seh di moon bright, so im know seh di teef neva a go mek no move till it get darker, so im lay down like im tek a little sleep. Bra Monkey an Bra Dog start fi cast dem aspersion pon Ananse an whe dem dah go do when dem ketch di smaddy who a tief people labour. Bra Ananse him jus deh like im a sleep, an im hear wha Bra Dog and Bra Monkey a plan up man, but im lay dung deh a form sleep. Soon as the moon start get dark, Anansi know seh di teef out fi move. So im creep weh from fi him spot an go down closer to di banana tree. As im reach deh so, im was jus in time fi si Bra Dog a cut down the last han a banana wid im bill machete. Bra Dog Anansi call out a si yu. A si yu a cut down the banana. A you ben a teef dem all di time An im mek up such a noise dat it wake up Bra Monkey, who run down an start accuse Bra Ananse. By di time im realise se a no Ananse but a Bra Dog, di damage done. Bra Ananse him run way from Monkey an climb up inna waa ebbe tree wid waa whole heap a makka an siddung up deh a look pon Monkey an Dog. Sake a shameface, Bra Monkey tun pon Bra Dog. Mi a go tell di people seh a yu ben a teef di banana Monkey tell Dog. Bra Dog rush afta Bra Monkey an start to chase him till im climb up inna waa mango tree. Yu betta nuh come down ya, otherwise me an yu Bra Dog seh, while im try climb di tree, but di tree did too high, so im kudn reach Monkey. Meanwhile Bra Monkey call out to Bra Ananse. Ananse, Ananse, O, mi fren Ananse Wha wi a go do? Anansi siddung up inna di tree an seh: When mi an yu di deh pon grung, yu no know mi, but as soon as you an your friend fall out, that is the time yu want fi know mi. Nuh bodda try know me now.. From dat day, Dog an Monkey always inna quarrel and Anansi an dem part company. An dat is why ole people seh: Nuh swap dog fi monkey __________________________________________________________________________________________ Anansi in Love Fiah deh a mus-mus tail, im tink a cool breeze. STORY No. 2 Once upon a time Bra Ananse an Bra Tiger did a court di same young ooman who did name Adowa. Tiger him did big an strapping an wen im roar di whole place shake an everyone run go hide. Ananse him did so piaaw-piaaw dat im kudn even mash ants. So everybody in di village wonda why Ananse a compete wid Tiger. After im kudn win. But Ananse nuh pay dem nuh mind. It gwaan an gwaan till one day Adowa tell di two a dem seh shi a go married di bes man an Tiger an Ananse fi figure out who was who an which was which. Ananse him was a boasy man and im boas to Adowa seh im a go mek Tiger im riding haas an ride im thru di village so dat everybody kuda si who was di betta man. Wen Tiger him hear dat, im laugh till im belly bottom nearly drop an call to Ananse fi try dweet. Ananse him jus run way an hide. Wan day Ananse in di fores a walk wen im si Tiger a come up to him. So Ananse start lean pon im walking stick an groan loud loud, like im out fi dead. Wen Tiger seem, Tiger roar an seh: " Mi hear seh yu a go mek mi yu riding haas an ride mi thru di village. Si mi yah, come touch nuh?" Ananse start talk inna waa fenke-fenke voice an seh to Bra Tiger: " Aye, bredda Tiger. A only joke mi did a run wid yu. Koo pon mi. A joke mi did a mek. Koo pon mi, mi sick like a dog." An wid dat soun, Ananse him siddung unda waa big cotton tree an look like im ready fi ded. Di sun did hot hot, so Tiger him siddung to cause a far distance im did a come from. So afta dem deh deh fi a while, Ananse seh: " Tiger, mi know seh yu is a strong, strong man. Nobody nuh stronger dan yu. Si mi ya, mi kyaan hardly walk. Mi did a wonda if yu coulda carry mi pon yu back till mi feel likkle betta." Tiger seh: "Yu try yu bes. Mi naah dutty up mi clothes fi carry yu fi go court Adowa." Ananse him seh: " But a deh mi a go ya now fi tell har seh a yu a di betta man, so a yu shi fi married to." Tiger him so glad fi hear seh Ananse a go stop court Adowa, dat im pick im up and start to walk off. When im walk bout a chain length, Ananse sing out: " Bra Tiger O, a figet mi walking stick. D� mek wi tun back fi it. A kyaan hardly walk widout it." So Tiger tun back an pick up di walking stick an geet to Ananse. After a while Ananse seh: "Bra Tiger, Bra Tiger, mi a drop offa yu, sake a it so big an broad, if mi coulda just get two wiss fi tie miself to yu back, den mi wooden so fraid." An Tiger agree an pick di wiss fi Ananse. Dem gwaan an gwaan till dem was not very far from di village wen Ananse seh: "Bra Tiger, Bra Tiger" Tiger seh: "Wha now? A have a good mind fi put yu down yaso an mek yu walk" Ananse start to trimble but im manage fi seh: "Di wiss dem a slip an yu neck so big dat mi kyaan get fi hole on, mek mi put waa likkle one inna yu mout so dat mi nuh fall off. A did late time a day now, an Tiger know seh if im neva hurry, den maybe Adowa woulda lock her door until di nex morning an Ananse kuda change im mind in di meantime. Tiger nuh seh nuttn, but im stop an get the wiss an mek Ananse put dem inna im mout. Soon soon dem reach Bra Dog house. Bra Dog look up an si Ananse pon Tiger back a galang down di road, and him put on him clothes an run falla dem, a call to im neighbour dem fi come come look how Ananse a ride Tiger. By di time dem fi reach di square, di whole village know wha a galang an wen Ananse si di crowd a people, im tek up im walking stick an start to beat Tiger an seh: "Gidup, Kooi, Kooi". As di lick dem reach Tiger so, di people dem start laugh an mek merriment. Tiger him so shame dat im start to run as fas as im coulda run, while Ananse pon top a him back a beat him wid di walking stick an a call out: "Gwaan haas, gwaan." When dem reach Adowa house, Tiger neva waan stop, but Ananse drag pon di wiss inna Tiger mout till im haffi stop, den im ride im up to Adowa house an call out: "Adowa, Adowa O, Adowa mi darling, come ya come look pon who a di betta man". When shi come out an look, Tiger haffi heng im head wid shame. Anansi him get off an tie up Tiger to di big mango tree whe did deh side a har house an step inside fi go eat im dinner. Poor Tiger, im deh deh so till, smaddy tek pity pon im an loose im. As im get loose so, im rush inna di house fi ketch Ananse, but Ananse him run up inna di house top an seh im naah come down. From that day Ananse live inna housetop. Tiger him was so shame dat im go live in di fores and only come out a night fi eat, when nobody kyaan si him fi laugh. after him. Dat is why old people seh: Fire deh a m�s m�s tail, im tink a cool breeze More Below!!! That's all Folks....!!!...Come back soon!!! |
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| Breda Anancy and Camman Sense Story #3 Wance apan a time Breda Anancy mek up im mind seh im gwine callect all a de camman sense inna de wurl. Im was tinking dat he would be de smartest smaddy in de wurl ef im do dis. So Anancy traveled all ova de wurl collecting camman sense. Im go to big countries an likkle ones. Im go to primary schools and universities. Im go to govament offices and businesses. Im go people house and dem work place. Im tek all de zillions camman sense he had collected fram around the wurl and put it a big calabash. Im tek de calabash wid im to im backyard and climbed a big gwangu tree. His plan was to store it at de tap of the tree for safety-keeping. Nobady woulda get to it but Anancy. To mek sure it was safe Anancy tie the calabash to de front of his bady. Dis slow down im progress up de tree to a slow crawl. Im did look very clumsy a-go up de tree wid be-caw the calabash dida hamper im. As im was slowing going up toward de top a de tree a likkle girl below called out to im. Anancy, mek you nuh tie the calabash pon you back insteada in front of yuh. It will git up de tree much fasta and ez-a. Anancy was bex be-cah de likkle girl show im up for not thinking. She had more good sense dan him he thought. He called out to her �Mi did tink me collected all the camman sense fram all ova de wurl� He was so angry dat im fling the calabash to the to the groung and it bust. All of the camman sense im did callect fly back to all ova de wurl. An dat's how you and I manage to have just a likkle common sense for we-self tideh. Jack Mandora, me tell yuh no lie!!! |
| ~ Anansi and the Nettles~ Smart man play fool fi ketch wise. STORY No. 6 When Br'er Anansi outwitted Br'er Tiger to court the very beautiful princess named Adowa, he still had not won his battle. The King, N'Tokoma, was not very pleased with Anansi's trick for he had wanted to have Tiger as his son-in-law, so he spent many sleepless nights wondering how to stop Anansi from marrying his daughter. One day he was looking at his herd of cows when he noticed them grazing in a patch of nettles. So he asked his headman about it: Kojo, why do you allow the cows to graze in the nettles. Don't you know it will hurt them? No, my King Kojo replied they are dangerous to us, but the cows love to eat them. Are you sure? asked the King, as an idea came to him. Yes, my King replied Kojo Those nettles are so dangerous that I use the cows to graze them to stop them from spreading too far. What about getting someone to cut them? asked the King. So many have tried and failed, my King, that we have given up hope of ever getting it cleared. said Kojo. Well, don't give up just yet Kojo, I think I know someone who will be eager to do it. Kojo looked at the King in surprise, but said nothing. The next day, the King sent for Anansi. Anansi..you want to marry my daughter, Adowa; don't you? Yes, my King said Anansi, wondering what the King was up to. I would dearly like to marry her..OK said the King you can do so with all of my blessings, but.. What, my King.. asked Anansi, trying not to look too happy Oh, nothing much. You are very good with a machete, aren't you? Yes, my King, very good. Some say that I am the best.... Did you want something done? asked Anansi, quite eagerly. Now that you mention it the King said, shifting on the Royal Stool The Royal Headman has told me that he has a bit of a problem with some nettles. Why don't you clear them for me. After all, you are going to be in the family, when you are done Anansi looked dazed, but he forced a smile. Bu..bu..but.. King... Anansi tried to speak, but the words stuck in his throat. Now I know you Anansi, I know that you are a man who likes a great challenge, so I will allow you to chop those nettles without itching. That's a very good idea of yours. And no cheating either, Adowa and I will be watching you. With that the King got up and left Anansi to figure out what to do. That night, Tiger came to Anansi's house. When Anansi saw him he ran to the top of the roof. Hoy there, Anansi. It's me, Tiger. Anansi not here right now, come back later Anansi called out in his best imitation of his elder sister's voice. Look, Anansi, I know you are up there somewhere, so stop your foolishness and come down said Tiger I may be weak, but I'm not stupid retorted Anansi. I am not coming down. Alright, have it your way said Tiger I just want you to know that I will be there when you fail, tomorrow, and where will you hide? Don't worry about me, Tiger said Anansi I will be the King's son-in-law, tomorrow, what will you do? Keep hiding in the forest? Anansi, you come down here right now if you dare Tiger, you are really fool-fool said Anansi I know I'm safe here. So don't try to tell me that I am going to be safe with you. Alright said Tiger just remember that I will be there, watching you tomorrow. Then he walked off, his long tail swishing angrily. The next day Anansi put on his working clothes and set off to the nettle patch. Along the way, a crowd gathered to watch him pass, some people gave him encouragement, while others jeered him as being foolish. As he reached he saw that a great number of people were waiting to see whether he would be able to cut the nettles without itching. Anansi felt afraid of failing but he kept on walking, knowing that he could never marry Adowa without fulfilling his part of the bargain. Anansi went into the patch and started chopping. As he chopped he felt the nettles touch his bare skin, but he refused to scratch. Finally he could bear it no more and he stopped. What's the matter Anansi called the King, knowing how the nettles must have hurt Anansi. Would you like to scratch that spot where it itches? The crowd laughed, but Anansi stood there wondering what to do. Then it came to him. Gesturing to the nearby herd of the King's finest cows, Anansi said My father, I was wondering if you would give me that cow when the Princess and I are married Which one asked the King, quite enjoying himself. The one with the mark on its leg about ...here And as he said that, Anansi pretended to point to a spot on his leg and scratched it without any one seeing [noticing] him. OK said the King but you will have to finish chopping first. All day long, Anansi pointed to cows and asked questions about them as he scratched the spots where the nettles touched him, until he was finished. When he was finished, the King was forced to allow him to marry Adowa and they lived happily ever after. |
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