Savana Folklore

Summary: There as a rabbit who was well-liked by every animal in his community. One day he was coming back to his house and he was locked out of his house. He never locked his house because he was very well liked. The voice from inside the house, "It is I! The one with many jointed ankles, who crushes elephants and rhinos to the earth and tramples lions into dust!"The rabbit was very intimidated and he called all of his friends from the community. Each friend (lion, elephant, etc) was scared of the voice coming from inside the rabbits house. When the rabbit and his friends eventually broke into the house there was just a small caterpillar crawling out of the house. They laughed because they had been afraid of the caterpillar.

This story told about African Animals.many Maasai tales are about animals. Some explain why animals look or act a certain way, while others are simply humorous tales.

The part that was entertaining was when all of the animals were intimidated by a little caterpillar. They did not know what species of animal the voice was coming from.

I think that the myth taught not to judge anything by the way it is sounds or is described. Some animals may be stronger than others physically but not always from an attitude or verbal standpoint.

I think that this can be applied in my life because often times people judge food by the way it sounds or looks and then they end up trying it and they may like it. I also think that it says that you shouldn't judge a person before you meet them and understand where they are coming from.