{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/jas/jas018.htm","path":"afr/jas/jas018.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/jas018.htm","text":"Julia Gentle, Santa Cruz Mountains.\nThe time hard. Anansi said to Tacoomah, \"How going to manage wid de hard time?\" So Tacoomah said, \"You know we do? I will get me machete[1] an' I go half shut de door, den I will say, 'Police, I sick!'\" Den, when people come, Tacoomah take de machete an' chop dem, put dem in de barrel for de hungry time. Anansi say, \"Brar Tacoomah, barrel nearly full?\"--\"No, Brar.\" He cry out again how Tacoomah poorly; an' de people come an' as dey come, he kill dem put in barrel to serve in hungry time.\nDen Goat up on de hill-side say he see everybody goin' in, nobody come out; de house so little, how is it gwine to hold all doze people? So Goat come down now off de hill-side to see how Tacoomah. He peep in. Tacoomah say, \"Come in!\" an' Goat run right back up hill-side. An' from dat day, Goat stay up on hill-side.\n[1. A machete is a broad heavy knife used to clear brush, cut cane, etc.]","title":"18. Goat on the Hill-side.","type":"page"}