Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Reading Notes: Why the Hawk Kills Chickens

-hawks have great eyes and can see anything that moves
-the hawk sees a pretty hen so he descends and perches on a fence
-he asks the hen to marry him
-she agrees and he pays her parents a dowry of a large amount of corn
-she leaves with him
-the next day, a rooster who was in love with the hen sees that she is gone
-the rooster seeks out the hen and crowed his best crow for her
-the hen couldn't resist and the two go back to the parents home
-But, the hawk was soaring high and out of sight from the chickens and saw all of this
-he went to the king who said the chickens should pay back the dowry
-but, be the chickens were poor, they could not
-so the hawk was allowed to kill and eat any of the roosters children as repayment of his dowry
-that is why the hawk eats the chicken, to pay of a dowry

Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk. Source: Pinterest

"Why the Hawk Kills Chickens" from Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria by Elphinstone Dayrell (1910).

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