THE POT OF WISDOM

e was nothing more than an extra mouth to feed. He also co

t would you like me to

fe with no mouth upon her

Anansi never failed to surprise God with h

ing I shall give you a new wif

straight to the supermarket to buy

man, 'all of the food that I b

en preparing breakfast. The wife turned and acknowledged her husband with a

ne who would cook only for him and eat nothing herself. And he could no

kitchen. The greedy man was very surprised to discover that most of his food had disappeared. Anansi knew that he could

the only one eating the food, especially as his ne

atter how closely he looked, he could find nothing unusual at all. His wife cooked every meal only for him.

s cooking, but even he could not finish so

ling noise in the house and quickly went to check on his wife. But when he entered her room he discove

table, was his new wife. And she was eating a big bowl of food! He watched in amazement as she scooped up t

s is where all of my food has been going. My wife has a secret mouth in her

e back to God and demanded to know wh

her face." And so I gave you a wife with a mouth under

wife, Anansi. But because of your greed and selfishness you thought you would be clever and demand a new wife from me. I am sho

ndeed learned a valuable lesson. From that day on, Anansi was determined to be a better man an