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Ep. 557 - The Story of The Boy and The Old Woman and How the Wasp Got His Small Waist - A Nigerian Folktale

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The Story of The Boy and The Old Woman and How the Wasp Got His Small Waist The Folktale Project

This tale is about a bush-burning. A story, a story. Let it go, let it come.

A chief gave permission for the grass to be burned. They went all round but did not see anything (game) until all the grass was burned. Then a certain bad boy saw a hole and dug (there); he did not see anything. But an old woman came out, and on her emerging she screamed (with rage) and said, 'The chief has set fire to the bush; (hitherto) whosoever has seen this hole has passed on, and now you must dig it up. To-day you will see.'