African Tale
The Turtle, the Hippo and the Elephant
This story is about a smart little turtle that tricks an elephant and a hippo in order to gain their friendship. This African fairy tale also explains how turtles and tortoises came to exist.
Long ago, there was a small
Then one day, out of the blue, there was a great commotion and unrest arose in the
The town decided to send armed guards out to the meadows to find out the source of these mysterious
For two days, nothing happened. But shortly after midday on the third day, the guards came running back from the meadows in terror, crying:
“Help! Run for your lives! The cows are being taken by a
The unrest in the town turned into fear and
Soon, rumours began to spread that the dragon was wandering around the streets of the town at night. People began to be afraid of going out after
Only – alas! – when the town’s…