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Key words£ºhunter,
skull,
mouth,
calabash |
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Genre£ºfolklore |
Topic£ºmouth |
Words:160 |
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"My mouth killed
me," said the skull. |
The hunter and the skull
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Author£ºUnknown |
Source£ºwww.zaban.cn |
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Nation£ºWest
Africa |
Date£º2008-8-30 |
(calabashes)
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A
hunter came upon a huge tree with a whitened skull at its base.
The skull spoke and said, "Beyond a certain hill is a field of
calabashes. Take them to your hungry village, but do not tell
anyone how you obtained them."
"How did you come to be here?" asked the hunter.
"My mouth killed me," said the skull.
The hunter returned to the village with the calabashes and
immediately told everyone, "A talking skull showed me a field of
food!" The Chief called him a liar.
"Then come with me! I'll prove what I say is true. When they
arrived at the tree, the hunter spoke to the skull but it
remained silent. The hunter was put to death on the spot for
lying.
In
time, two whitened skulls sat beneath the tree. The first turned
to the second and said, "See, in death we meet again, my kin.
It's true a mouth can do you in!"
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Discussion£º
1. What
did the skull warn the man?
2. What did the hunter do
after he arrived at the village?
3. Why was the hunter put
to death?
4. What is the moral of
the story?
