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The Three Goats
The Three Goat Story | 135
Once upon a time there were three goats. The three goats were
called Blacky, Horny and Shouty. They lived in the forest where
many predators like the hyena, the lion, and the leopard existed in
a larger population.
The three slept together, grazed together, and helped each
other in terms of hardships.
It was not long when one of their enemies, Hyena, decided to
eat the three goats. In fact it was difficult for the hyena to eat the
three goats because they were always together. Hyena thought for
day and night but he could not get a way of eating the goats.
One day Hyena went to his friend Hare to discuss the issue
of eating the goats. Hare who had a character trait of trickery and
wisdom suggested to his friend that he would bring tonight Shouty
alone so that Hyena can eat her alone and the next night Blacky so
that the brave Horny will remain alone.
Hare went to the three goats and made good friends with them.
He told Horny that Hyena was going to eat him tonight and you
can’t hide away from him unless you chase Shouty away because
she will shout and help Hyena to easily discover your hiding place.
Horny without thinking started chasing Shouty. Since she was
afraid of Horny she went away. By nightfall Hyena came and ate
Shouty. The next day Hare went to Blacky and told her that last
night Hyena ate their friend Shouty and tonight he is going to eat
Horny and if he finds you with him he will also eat you. Blacky
thought for a while and decided to leave Horny alone.
Again Hyena came and ate Blacky after finding her alone in
the forest followed by Horny the next night.
My story ends there.
“No party is complete without a goat,” is what the UNHCR T-shirt
says, so one night at an Ethiopian restaurant run by a refugee we ate goat.
The conversation turned to piracy—a student had sent Terese a poem praising
the pirates—and it occurred to me that I knew next to nothing about
the students, except that for all intents and purposes they had no prospects.
The chances of resettling abroad were slim—only fifteen hundred refugees