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Why the Chameleon Shakes His Head
Why the Chameleon Shakes His Head
Long, long ago the Chameleon and the Dog were friends. But sometimes
the Dog walked with the Man.
One day the Chameleon asked the Dog, "Why do you sometimes go with
the Man?"
"The Man and I are friends," answered the Dog. The Man is a hunter, and
we go hunting together. I help him to hunt. We have meat when we come
back. Then we eat it."
Once the Man and the Dog were hunting. They killed an antelope and
carried it to the hunter's house.
The Chameleon saw them and followed them. The hunter made dinner
from the meat and began to eat it.
The Dog came up to the Man and wanted to have some meat, too.
Then the Hunter took a big stick and hit the Dog on the head! The poor
Dog cried and ran away.
The Chameleon saw everything, and he ran away, too. He ran into the
forest, stopped there and began to shake his head: "Yangu, yangu,
yangu," he cried. "That is too bad! Why, the Dog says he is the Hunter's
friend, he helps him to hunt and brings much meat. And the Hunter hits
the poor Dog on the head with a stick! The Man is not good. I will not live
near the Man. I will live in the forest!"
That is why the Chameleon lives in the forest far from the home of Man.
When he thinks of the Man and his big stick, he shakes his head and
says, "Yangu, yangu, yangu!" Too bad, too bad, too bad!
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