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IX-English All Stories Are Anansi's, , cl., , >Yw > pe, , PMU DA, , >, , >x, , Read the questions given below and discuss the answers to them with, , your friends., Who owned the stories in the beginning?, In the beginning Nyame the Sky God owned the stories., , Who wanted to own them later?, Anansi the spider wanted to own them later., , What was the price to be paid to own all the stories in the world?, The price to be paid were three things. They were Mmoboro, the hormets,, Onini the python and Osebo the leopard., , Did Anansi agree to pay the price?, , Yes, Anansi agreed to pay the price., , Why did Anansi pour water on himself and over the hornets?, Anansi poured water on himself and over the hornets because he wanted, to make them believe that it was raining., , What did Anansi capture in the hornets?, , Anansi captured Mmoboro the hornets in the gourd through a small, hole., , What dispute did the spider have with his wife?, , Anansi’s wife felt that the Python Onini was not long and short and, weak than a bamboo pole. Anansi disagreed with this and it led to the, , dispute., , What suggestion did Onini give to find out the truth about his, length?, , Onini suggested that to measure him against the length of the bamboo, pole to find out the truth about his length., , Why did Anansi tie Onini at one end of pole?, Anansi tied Onini at one end of pole because when Onini stretched at, , one end he was getting shorter at the other end., , Where and why did Anansi dig a pit?, Anansi dug a deep pit in the forest to capture the leopard Osebo., , Why did Anansi bend a tall green tree over the pit?, Anansi bent a tall green tree towards the ground over the pit in order to, pull out Osebo from the pit.

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12., A:, , >, , Why did the Sky God offer Anansi all the stories?, , Anansi was offered all the stories by Sky God — Nyame because he had, brought Mmoboro - the hornets, Onini the Python and Osebo the leopard, to Nyame., , Why should anyone acknowledge before telling a story?, , Anyone should acknowledge before telling a story because all stories, and tales now belong to Anansi., , Answer the following questions :, Describe how Anansi captured the hornets for the sky God?, , Anansi first cut a gourd from a vine and made a small hole in it. He, took a large calabash and filled it with water. He went to the tree where, the hornets lived. He poured some of the water over himself, so that he, was dripping. He threw some water over the hornets making them all, wet. Then he put the calabash on his head, as though to protect himself, from a storm and called out to the hornets and asked them, why they, were staying in the rain. He told them to go into the gourd through the, small hole. When the last of them had gone in, Anansi plugged the hole, with a ball of grass. He took the gourd full of hornets to Nyame, the sky, , of God., , Explain how the Python got trapped?, Anansi went to the forest and cut a long bamboo pole and some strong, , vines. Then he walked toward the house of Onini, the Python talking to, himself that his wife was stupid to say that Onini is shorter and weaker, than that bamboo. Hearing this Onini offered to be measured against, the bamboo to solve the dispute. Anansi laid the pole on the ground and, the python came and stretched himself out beside it. Anansi told that, , the Python was a little short. When the python stretched at the head he, was shorter at the tail and vice-versa. So with his consent Anansi tied, , Onini’s head and tail firmly to the poll. He wrapped the vine around, Onini until he was unable move., , What method did the spider Kwaku Anansi adopt to get the leopard, as a price demanded for the ownership of all tales and stories of the, , world?, Anansi went into the forest and dug a deep pit where the leopard was, , accustomed to walk. He covered it with small branches and leaves and

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C3, , >, , put dust on it, so that it was impossible to tell where the pit was. Osebo, came prowling in the black night, he stepped into the trap and fell to the, bottom. Next morning Anansi went to the pit and saw the leopard there., Osebo asked help from Anansi. He bent a tall tree towards the ground,, so that its top was over the pit and he tied it that way. Then he tied a, rope to the tree and dropped the other end of it into the pit. Anansi, asked Osebo to tie the rope to his tail, who did as told. Next he took his, knife and cut the other rope, the one that held the tree bowed to the, , ground. The tree straightened up with a snap, pulling Osebo out of the, hole and he hung in the air upside down. Anansi killed him and took his, body to Nyame — The sky God., , Read the following statement carefully and in pairs discuss the, points you and in pairs discuss the points you would like to include, , in your justification. Elaborate each point., “With wisdom and knowledge one can achieve the impossible”. Justify, , the statement with reference to Kwaku Anansi, the spider., , Kwaku Anansi, the spider wanted to be the owner of all stories in the, world. He went to Nyame, the Sky God to purchase the stories. Nyame, said that he was willing to sell the Stories, but the price was very high., Rich and powerful families were not able to pay. The Sky God then, asked three things as price; Mmoboro, the hornets, Onini — the Python, and Osebo, the leopard. Anansi agreed. Though he did not have the, physical strength to defeat them, he used his wisdom and great, knowledge and achieved the impossible. He made the hornets get into, the gourd, tied the Python to the pole and he tied the leopard to the tree, using his wisdom and knowledge. Thus he was able to achieve what the, , great warriors and chiefs were not able to do it.