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The
Taunted Tortoise And The Sheep
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Oliver O. Mbamara
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animals knew that the sheep was a weak animal that could hardly protect
himself from other animals, but the sheep was quite sure that he could run
faster than the tortoise, and that he even stood taller than the tortoise.
So, while other animals teased and made fun of the sheep, he consoled
himself by taunting the tortoise in turn. The tortoise and sheep were
neighbors, and they lived like this for generations
One year, there was a great famine in the land of the animals. The leaves
fell, plants withered, and new ones never sprouted. The crops did not have
the proper water or soil to grow. To make matters worse, the neighboring
human beings cleaned the farm of any available crops or leaves, and
because the famine affected human beings too, the humans no longer left
waste food for the animals. It was so bad that even the patient dog waited
in vain for the bones that usually fell from the table of his human
friend. It got to a point that the animals resorted to eating each other
in order to survive.
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©Oliver
O. Mbamara, 2003
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Oliver Mbamara is an Administrative Law Judge
with the State of New York. He is also a filmmaker and a Published Poet
and playwright. For more on Oliver, please visit www.olivermbamara.com
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