he saw the dog stealing from the King's in law's farm.
trying to cover up his tracks. A lie on top of a lie.
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his farm's yam.
Lied again. A theme i see
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Later he went into the King's in-law’s farm and stole the big tubers of yam there.
A dumb move, I should say.
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When the harvest finally came, everyone harvested their yams, but the tortoise harvested nothing.
He's going to steal it, of course. The only way to win is to cheat.
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handsomely rewarded by the King.
The tortoise has not done any work. I wonder who's going to achieve this reward without doing hard work to achieve it.
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he would tell them he had bigger farms in the other town.
Deflecting and fabricating his actions. Essentially, he is gaslighting them by claiming that he has done something while denying it to them because they reside here and not there. It is not his concern that they are unable to perceive it for themselves. Clearly, something does not hold right.
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the tortoise would go around bragging that his harvest would be bigger than that of anyone at the next harvest festival.
Seems the Tortoise thinks/believes hard work is not required to have success.
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The dog was very hard
Two different personality types. Hard work always pays off in the end compared to non-productive work.
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The dog and the tortoise were once good friends. Both of them had farms.
This may foreshadow a theme in the story. If the dog or tortoise steals the other's crops or complete it ruins the friendship.
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land form and climate within that region of Africa
Environmental graded Influences aspects. Relating to the listener as they live in the same community/landscape.
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The animals and birds are often accorded human attributes, so it is not uncommon to find animals talking, singing, or demonstrating other human characteristics such as greed, jealousy, honesty, etc
Storytellers would humanize the fictional animals to appeal to the youth.
An example of this is Disney storytelling, like "The Lion King. Moreover, Disney animates objects that were never living in the first place to make them seem more human-like.
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prepare young people for life, and so each story taught a lesson or moral
For example, "The birds and the bees speech" is told to adolescents.
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For several generations, stories from Africa have traditionally been passed down by word of mouth. Often, after a hard day’s work, the adults would gather the children together by moonlight, around a village fire and tell stories
The Same can be said around the world and across different periods of time across human development. Present day, Communities can connect threw the aid of technological advances.
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