Ijapa Tiroko

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Thursday, 31 March 2011

THE REASON FOR TORTOISE FLATTENED NOSE--HELEN OLAWORE


Rat and Squirel were fighting. The Tortoise went to reconcile them. He decided to support Squirel. Rat could only help himself by chopping off the Tortoise nose.  
The Tortoise thus started singing:

SONG:

Call:              Rat and Squirel were fighting

Response:    Dance!.......Dance!!.............Dance!!!

Call:             The two of them were fighting

Response:    Dance!.......Dance!!..............Dance!!!

Call:              Rat bit my nose

Response:    Dance!........Dance!!............Dance!!!

Call:              I just came to reconcile them

Response:    Dance!.......Dance!!..............Dance!!!

Since then, the Tortoise nose had become flattened. 

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