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Anansi the spider
Once upon a time, in a village far away
It was time to eat lunch for the day
Mr. Turtle's tummy was a rumbling
He was ready to cook up something
In his garden, Mr. Turtle trundled
Under his flippers, yams, he bundled
"I shall make a yam stew," said he
A delicious feast just for me
Into the pot, the yams went smoosh, smash, smash
He whipped up the stew in a jiffy, in a flash, yeah!
It was hot and needed to chill
So, he left it on the windowsill
And Anansi, the trickster spider, was nearby
He'd no lunch, not even a fly
Suddenly, a delicious smell of stew
In his nostrils grew and grew, sniff, sniff
Anansi followed the smell towards a house
Shaped like a shell
There on the sill was a tasty stew
And yam was his favourite stew, too
Anansi knock, knocked on the house of shell
Mr. Turtle appeared and sighed as well
"Can I eat some of your stew?" Anansi said
But Mr. Turtle, just shook his head
Mr. Turtle thought this was rude
After all the stew was his food
"No, you can't," he said to Anansi this tasty feast is just for me
Everyone knew Anansi was cheeky
He always made plans that were sneaky
He suddenly thought of a cunning trick
To eat this stew ever so quick
He said, "If I make something fly without wings
Mr. Turtle, can I try some of your delicious stew"
It seemed this couldn't be true, Mr. Turtle laughed
Something fly without wings, I'd like to see you try
If this thing can fly fast and true
Then I'll give you all of my tasty stew
Anansi chuckled then too, he knew exactly what to do
He shot a long spider string
So thin you couldn't see a thing
He shot it towards the window where the stew was ready to go
Anansi glided on this spider string, whoosh
It looked like he was flying
Anansi slided and glided along the silk string was nice and strong