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| I have endured many adversities and outlasted much difficulty. |
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| ADEPA BEBA DA BI |
| SOMETHING GOOD WILL BE FORTHCOMING - IT IS THE WISE CHILD WHO CRACKS INTO A BONE, AS S/HE EATS AN EGG |
| The wise child is the one who cracks into a bone even when s/he is eating an egg. |
| There one lived a man who had three children (boys) with his wife. They lived in a small town. They were happily married and the children had been raised very well. One day the man called his sons together and told them that he was going on a journey and that he would be gone for some time. |
| On the eve of his journey he called his sons together again in the presence of his wife. The man then gave an egg each to his three sons and urged them to help their mother in his absence. The next day he set out on his journey. Immediately after the father left, the two older boys cooked and ate their eggs! The youngest boy gave his egg to his mother to put under her hen that was about to hatch her eggs. Very soon, the boy's egg was hatched and he had a hen. He decided to keep her in order for her to have more chickens for him, and in no time, he had several chickens. |
| One day the father returned home. They had a big feast to welcome him back. When they sat down to eat, the oldest son reached out for a chicken drumstick. The youngest son snatched the drumstick from his brother.He said to his senior brother, "The wise child is the one who cracks into a bone even when s/he is eating an egg." The father was taken aback on hearing that statement. He asked for an explanation. The youngest son then explained how his two older brothers had eaten their eggs soon after the father had set out on his journey. He, the youngest son, was the one who had his egg hatched that yielded the chickens that were used for the food they were about to eat. If the older boys wanted to crack into bone, they would have not eaten their eggs. |
| This story teaches the moral lesson of delayed gratification and the judicious use of one's talents and resources. |
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| This is an African Folk tale |
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| This is an African Folk tale |