The next day they all resumed the work at the brook, with the ivory
- Date of account
- Published 1917
- Source
- Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales
- Reference
- Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales · selected passage 4
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
The next day they all resumed the work at the brook, with the ivory
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyThe next day they all resumed the work at the brook, with the ivory. There was the same diving, the same fruitless pulling, Rat's same need of going back to the camp, and his same attempts at stealing. While he was doing this, he sees something like a little man standing near him. Rat puts out his hand to take from Leopard's bundles as usual, and the image catches him by the wrist of that hand. Rat indignantly says, "You! this little fool! leave me! What do you catch me for?" But the image was silent; nor did it let go its hold. So Rat struck at it with his other hand. And the image caught that hand with its other hand. Then Rat was angry and kicked with one foot at a leg of the image. And that foot was retained by that leg of the image. Rat kicked with his remaining foot; it also was retained by the image's other leg.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis material belongs to a folklore tradition. Story type, collector, community, transmission and literary editing matter when comparing it with other sources.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice compares motifs and reported features without assuming that a traditional being is a biological species or that similar stories document one external cause.
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