Folk Tales and Fables from the Gambia: Volume 3

once upon a time in a faraway land there was a hunter named over Israel he was a very good hunter I would always outdo the other hunters whenever there was a hunting challenge one negative thing about arisu was that he was very greedy he was never satisfied with his catch no matter how successful the day had been for him he would want every day of the week even on days the villagers set aside as haunt three days all the animals dreaded him one day arisu got into trouble he had gone out to hunt as usual and he was so busy that he did not realize it was getting late oh no how did I not realize his getting late he asked himself as he began to make his way out of the bush he was so much in a hurry that he did not notice that there was danger ahead and boom he got caught in another hunters net he became very frightened what do I do now how do I get out of this he muttered softly at that mome