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When Kino's son, Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion, Kino's brother, Juan, and his wife, Apollonia, are the first people to arrive
at his brush house.
When Kino is attacked by unknown assailants late in the night, leaving him half conscious and injured. His wife nurses his wounds. She further urges Kino to get rid of the pearl arguing that it is evil.
When Kino gets ready to sell the pearl, his brother, Juan, warns him to be careful about the buyers of pearls. He tells Kino that they are cheats and they are likely to attempt to fool him about the pearl's price.
The night when Kino killed a man who was part of a gang that tried to rob him of the pearl, his house was set on fire and his canoe destroyed. That night, Kino and his wife, hid at his brother's house. Juan ferries beans, salt and a knife into the house. These foodstuffs and knife will be helpful to Kino as he will be escaping from his home village the following night. Juan also advises Kino to avoid passing through the middle of the town to shield him from being seen by people.
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“Where do you want to send me?”
“Go to the smithy and when you see the smiths ,sing these words:
Mutuiuukutuaisaangalalai x2
Mukauniwasyaiyeisaangalalai
Avyuviiawaniyiimu iii saangalalai
Yisikuyanakwivua iii
Saangalalaisa.
(Blacksmith smithing on your iron x 2
Your wife has given birth
Assisted by an ogre
Which eats all it has prepared)
And the dove went to the smiths and sang the song:
Blacksmith smithing on your iron x 2
Your wife has given birth
Assisted by an ogre
Which eats all it has prepared.
What is this thing – of a – bird saying, disturbing our work?” said one man throwing a stone at the dove. But the dove perched herself on another tree and sang again.
Blacksmith smithing on your iron x 2
Your wife has given birth
Assisted by an ogre
Which eats all it has prepared.
This time the men said;
“Haiya, perhaps this bird has a message for us. Who of us left his wife heavy with a child?”
Said one man, “I left my wife heavy.”
“Eei, take your things. Go home. This message might be yours. Your wife might have given birth and she is in danger.”
At home, the ogre was still tormenting the woman. He used to go to the shamba, dig out the sweet potatoes, prepare them and offer them to her when they were already in his mouth, “Woman with child take this. You don’t want it, I’ll eat it for you.”
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a) Classify the above narrative and give a reason for your classification.
b) In the story, what shows that the ogre never intended to share the food with the woman?
c) Discuss any two features in the story that qualify it as a traditional oral narrative.
d) With an illustration for each, describe two character traits of the ogre
e) Of what use is the song in the story?
f) What is the livelihood of the people from which this story is derived?
g) What moral lesson do you learn from this story?
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Carrying the pot in front of him, he made his way through the forest, followed – unbeknown - by his small son, Ntikuma. At last he reached the great tree and started to attempt to climb it. He hung the pot by a rope around his neck, with the stopper just below his nose so he could make quite sure it did not tip over.
Alas, try as he would ,KwakuAnanse could not climb the tree ,for the pot kept getting in the way of his arms and he found he was unable to grip the trunk .He tried ,and tried, and tried, but with no success.
He grew hot and sticky and started to swear angrily.
Now, Ntikuma was watching his father from behind a tree, puzzled by his curious antics. At last, when Kwaku Ananse’s swearing grew really bad, he could stand it no longer and came up to his father timidly.
“Surely my father”, he said, “If you wish to take that pot up the tree you should tie it to your back, not your front. Then your hands would be free.”
Ananse was furious. Here was his small son teaching him a lesson – a lesson which he realized was only too true. Shaking with anger and exhaustion, he lifted the pot intending to take it off and chastise his son .His hands were slippery with sweat and the great pot was heavy. It slipped through his fingers and crashed to the ground. The pot burst open and the contents were scattered far and wide .There was a storm coming, and the wind swept through the forest, lifting the wisdom and carrying it on its way. The rain poured down and swept the wisdom into the steams, which carried it into the sea .Thus wisdom spread throughout the world.
(a) Giving a reason, identify the sub-genre of the above narrative.
b)Why did Kwaku Ananse decide to hide his wisdom?
c)How did Ananse make sure that his wisdom was safe in the pot ?
d)Why was it difficult for Ananse to climb the tree with the pot?
e)Identify and illustrate one character trait of each of the following as brought out in the above narrative:
(i)Kwaku Ananse -
ii)Aso -
(f) What two aspects of this narrative qualify it as oral?
(g) Identify and illustrate one economic activity of the community from which this narrative was taken
h)Which is the suitable audience for this story and why?
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