One day, a man went to the bush because he was looking for a partridge egg. While he was tramping through the bush, he met a partridge who flew up crying "kiro kiro kiro". And the man asked the partridge, "Did you lay an egg before you flew up?"
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And the partridge asked the man, "Has the tuft of grass grown yet so I can lay my egg?"
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And the tuft of grass asked the partridge, "Has the rain fallen yet so that I can grow?"
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And the rain asked the tuft of grass, "Has the king's watering hole dried up yet so that I can fall?"
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And the king's watering hole asked the rain, "Has the elephant drunk from me yet so that I can dry up?"
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And the elephant asked the king's watering hole, "Have I eaten beans yet so that I can drink you?"
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And beans asked the elephant, "Do we belong to you so that you can eat us?"
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Among all of these, who was right?
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The Story of the Man and the Animals
Author - Malokia INOUSSA IBRAHIM Translation - Deborah Chisholm Morton Illustration - Moustapha SOUMANOU ISSIFOU Language - English Level - First paragraphs
