All Chapters of STORIES MY GRANDMA TOLD ME: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

15 Chapters

1- Tortoise and the Lizard

Tortoise and the LizardDedicated to:GOD & ALL GRANDMA'S in the world.Trust but don't trust too much" ~?~Once upon a time in the Animal kingdom. Tortoise was going for an evening stroll when he met the lizard on the way.They exchanged pleasantries and Tortoise asked the lizard where he was heading to.The lizard said he is taking a stroll whereas he knew he was actually heading for the grandmothers house for his night meal but he didn't want to tell Tortoise. Tortoise said "Ok, that's good, I am strolling around too. So, lets do it together." The next day, they both met at the same spot again, same time and Tortoise asked lizard same question and he gave him the same answer. This time around, Tortoise told him he was going to visit his friend the

Last Updated : 2020-09-17

2 - Tortoise and the Pig

TORTOISE AND THE PIG - The reason why the Pig kept searching in the muddy dirty water?Once upon a time in the Animal kingdom. Tortoise was very broke and there was none willing to help him either by giving him foodstuffs or money. To even make matters worse, his aged mum was sick too. He has gone far and wide looking for help but every door was closed against him because they all know him to be a cunning and lazy man, he would never pay back whatever is given to him. One day, Tortoise met Mr. Pig on his way home after yet a day wasted on trying to get help from his friends. He told Mr. Pig his problems and promised to pay back anyone that is willing to help him ten-folds. Well, Mr. Pig being a greedy man, when he heard about the ten-folds decided to help Tortoise. He told him to come to his house the next day The next day, at the third crow of the roo

Last Updated : 2020-09-17

3- Elephant and the Bush cow

The Elephant and the Bush cow are bad friendsOnce upon a time,the bush cow and the elephant were always bad friends, and as they could not settle their disputes between themselves, they agreed to let the head chief decide.The cause of their unfriendliness was that the elephant was always boasting about his strength to all his friends, which made the bush cow ashamed of himself, as he was always a good fighter and feared no man or animal.When the matter was referred to the head chief, he decided that the best way to settle the dispute was for the elephant and bush cow to meet and fight one another in a large open space. He decided that the fight should take place in the market-place on the next market-day, when all the country people could witness the battle.When the market- day arrived, the bush cow went out in the early morning and took up his position some distance from the town on

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4- Hippopotamus Folly

REASON WHY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS LIVE IN WATERMany years ago, the hippopotamus, whose name was Isantim,was one of the biggest kings on the land; he was second only to the elephant. The hippo had seven large fat wives, of whom he was very fond.Now and then he used to give a big feast to the people, but a curious thing was that, although everyone knew the hippo, no one, except his seven wives, knew his name.At one of the feasts, just as the people were about to sit down, the hippo said, "You have come to feed at my table, but none of you know my name, If you cannot tell my name, you shall all of you go away without your dinner."As they could not guess his name, they had to go away and leave all the good food and Emu[palm wine] behind them. But before they left, the tortoise stood up and asked the hippopotamus what he would do if he told him his name at the next feast. So the hippo repl

Last Updated : 2020-09-20

5- Obedience pays

STORY OF THE OBEDIENT GIRL Once upon a time, there were two widows who were neighbors. Each had a daughter to raise up. The first widow was nice, kind and beautiful. Her daughter was just like her, lovely inside and out and humble. The second widow was ugly. Her daughter was even uglier than she was. They were very mean, proud and wicked. The daughter of the second widow was also very disobedient and spoilt. She never listened to instructions but the first girl was very obedient. One day, the first widow who was also the poorer of the neighbors asked her daughter to go fetch some water from the stream. The daughter was very hungry because she had not eaten all day but she didn’t complain. Instead she took her water-pot an

Last Updated : 2020-09-20

6- Bat and the Tortoise

Hi lovelies, sorry for the late post. REASON WHY THE BAT DOES NOT FLY DURING THE DAY Why the Bat is always ashamed to be seen in the day time. Once upon a time; There was once an old mother Sheep who had seven Lambs, and one day, the Bat, who was about to make a visit to his father-in-law who lived a long day’s march away, went to the old sheep and asked her to lend him one of her young Lambs to carry his load for him. At first,the mother Sheep refused, but as the young Lamb was anxious to travel and see something of the world, and begged to be allowed to go, at last she reluctantly consented. So in the morning at daylight the bat and the Lamb set off together, the Lamb carrying the Bat’s drinking-horn.

Last Updated : 2020-09-20

7-Tortoise and the King's magic drum

Hi lovelies ☺️, sorry for the late post. TORTOISE AND THE KING'S MAGIC DRUMOnce upon a time, Okoro was an ancient king of Ama-aba. He was a peaceful man, and did not like war. He had a wonderful drum, the property of which, when it was beaten, was always to provide plenty of good food and drink.So whenever any country declared war against him, he used to call all his enemies together and beat his drum; then to the surprise of every one, instead of fighting the people found tables spread with all sorts of dishes, fish, foo- foo, palm-oil soup, cooked yams and okros, and plenty of palm wine for everybody.In this way,he kept all the country quiet and sent his enemies away with full stomachs, and in a happy and contented frame of mind.There was only one drawback to possessing the drum, and that was, if the owner of the drum walked over any stick on the road or slept over a fal

Last Updated : 2020-09-20

8- The Cat and the Rat

I just fulfilled my own promise for another update, don't forget to play ur own part too by voting,commenting and sharing. WHY CAT KILLS THE RAT Okpo was King of Obia town for fifty years. He had a very faithful Cat as a housekeeper, and a Rat was his house-boy. The king was an obstinate, headstrong man, but was very fond of the Cat, who had been in his store for many years. The Rat, who was very poor, fell in love with one of the king's servant girls, but was unable to give her any presents, as he had no money. At last, he thought of the king's store, so in the night-time, being quite small, he had little difficulty, having made a hole in the roof, in getting into the store. He then sto

Last Updated : 2020-09-21

9- Sun,Moon and the Sky

WHY THE SUN AND MOON LIVE IN THE SKYLong time ago, the Sun, Moon and Water were the best of friends.At that time, the Sun and Moon, who were married, lived on the earth.The Sun went to visit the Water, almost every day, but the Water never returned the visits.One day, the Sun asked,"Water, my friend, why is it that you never come to visit?"Water replied, "Sun, I would very much like to come to visit. But you home is not big enough for me and all of my people. Were I to come visit, there would be no room left for you and your lovely wife, Moon."Water then told Sun, "If you want me to visit you, you will have to build a very large house. But I warn you that it will have to be very, very large, as my people are numerous and take up a lot of room."The Sun was overjoyed that his good friend Water wanted to come visit."Do

Last Updated : 2020-09-21

10- Tortoise and the Calabash

Tortoise and the calabash of wisdomIn times past, when the world was still uncivilized, the Tortoise started boasting that out of all the living things on earth, he was the wisest.To prevent others from becoming wise as he was, he thought of what he would do and decided to tie up all his wisdom in a parcel and put it in a calabash and cover it up.This he would then tie up with a rope to be hanging on his neck to wherever he had to go.These were all in a bid to prevent everyone else from gaining access to wisdom.As he was crawling with the calabash dangling on his chest, he came to a spot on the road where a large tree trunk had fallen across the road. As hard as he tried to cross over the tree trunk with the calabash on his chest, he couldn’t.The calabash just prevented him from crossing over. For some time,

Last Updated : 2020-09-21

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