The Tortoise had a happy
home where he lived with his wife, Aliga.
His favourite dish was Akidi (a
special type of bean). Each time Aliga
cooked akidi before leaving for the
farm with her husband the Tortoise intermittently answered imaginary calls:
“Owe! Wait I’m coming O!” He would tell his wife that those who booked
appointments with him were calling him for the meeting. He pretended to have a
meeting whereas he could not resist the temptation to go home to steal akidi from his wife’s pot. This happened
several times but each time, the Tortoise refused to admit that he ate the Akidi. One day, in order to catch
the thief, his wife, Aliga, cooked akidi as usual but
dabbed very sticky gum on the pot. “Very soon, the world would know the truth,” she said to herself. She went to the farm with her husband who played the same tricks of answering imaginary calls and leaving the farm to go and steal akidi. This time, immediately he touched the lid of the pot with his left hand, his hand stuck to the pot. He did not understand why today’s stealing was quite different. He thought that...
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dabbed very sticky gum on the pot. “Very soon, the world would know the truth,” she said to herself. She went to the farm with her husband who played the same tricks of answering imaginary calls and leaving the farm to go and steal akidi. This time, immediately he touched the lid of the pot with his left hand, his hand stuck to the pot. He did not understand why today’s stealing was quite different. He thought that...
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