Rooster cheats
Vincent Afeku
Wiehan de Jager
English

Long ago, animals lived together.

They met to choose a king.

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Rooster wanted to be king.

He lied that he had fire.

2

The animals believed Rooster.

They chose him as king.

3

The rainy season came.

Everything was wet and cold.

4

Rabbit asked, “Where do we get fire to warm ourselves?”

5

Monkey said, “We get fire from the comb on Rooster’s head.”

6

The animals send Fox to collect fire from their king.

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Fox went to take fire without waking up Rooster.

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Fox put dry grass on the comb.

It did not burn.

9

"Wake up king Rooster! We need fire now," shouted Fox.

10

Rooster did not have fire to give to Fox.

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Fox was angry.

From that day, foxes eat roosters.

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Rooster cheats
Author - Vincent Afeku
Adaptation - Ursula Nafula
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - First words
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