Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs
Retold by: Kiki Towles
Author: Unknown
Once upon a time there lived a spider named Anansi and his wife. Anansi's wife was known to be a very good cook, but Anansi not only liked to eat her food but the food of his friends too.
One day Anansi came up with a plan to stop by all his friends house's around dinner time so that they would invite him to join. It was right before dinner was ready so he would have them tie his web to the pot of food and have them pull on it when the food was done.
That night Anansi had his hopes of eating yummy foods like greens, beans, sweet potatoes, etc. Anansi was waiting at the river for the tugs to happen one at a time. But what he got was all but that.
All the food was done around the same time and his friends were pulling him this way and that way, stretching his legs thinner and thinner.
To stop the torture, Anansi rolled himself into the river, thinking his idea wasn't such a good one . The river washed away all the webs and to this day, Anansi the Spider has eight very thin legs. And he never got any food that day at all.
