THE TORTOISE’S REVENGE by Omolola Adeosun

One day in the animal kingdom, the elephant and the monkey had a misunderstanding, the monkey had cheated the tortoise and he had promised he would make him pay. The monkey laughed at the tortoise telling him that he was too slow and helpless to defend himself. After thinking about a clever way to make the monkey pay, the tortoise went to his home and told his wife Yanibo to make him sweet bean cakes which he wrapped nicely and took to the elephant’s house. After exchanging pleasantries tortoise offered the elephant the sweet bean cakes his wife had made. The elephant thoroughly enjoyed the cakes and asked the tortoise where he got it from. “Oh I made it from the feaces of the monkey, all I did was beat him till the sweet ones came out!” the elephant then thanked his friend the tortoise and proceeded to the monkey’s house to get more of the sweet bean cakes.

The elephant beat the monkey so much asking him to pass out the sweet bean cakes while the monkey kept pleading assuring the elephant that he knew nothing of the sweet bean cakes. From time to time, the elephant would stop to taste the feaces the monkey had passed out but kept beating him because he had not yet tasted the sweet bean cakes.

Tortoise who had been hiding in the bush then came out laughing so hard “I told you I would deal with you” he exclaimed. It was at this point the elephant discovered he had been tricked by the tortoise and released the already weak and battered monkey.

Lesson: never underestimate anyone.