{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/jas/jas138.htm","path":"afr/jas/jas138.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/jas138.htm","text":"Moses Hendricks, Mandeville.\nAnansi took the job to sweep the market. After he swept the market and got the pay, he bought a pig called 'wee pig'. On his way home he had to cross a stream. He couldn't get the pig across. He wouldn't carry it himself and he wouldn't pay anyone to assist him,--wanted free help. So he saw a dog coming along. He said, \"Br'er Dog, I beg you bite this pig, make this pig jump over the river, make Anansi get home.\"\nDog said no, couldn't do it.\nHe saw a stick coming along, said, \"Do, Br'er Stick, I beg you lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get home.\"\nStick said no, couldn't do it.\nHe see Fire, say, \"Do, me good Fire, burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get home.\"\nFire says no.\nHe sees Water. \"Do, me good Water, I beg you out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over the river, make Anansi get home.\"\nWater said no.\nHe saw a cow coming. \"Do, Br'er Cow, drink this Water, make this water out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get to go home.\"\nCow said no.\nHe saw a butcher coming. \"Do, me good butcher, I beg you butcher this cow, make this cow drink this water, make this water out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get home!\"\nButcher said no, wouldn't do it.\nHe sees Rope coming along. \"Do, Br'er Rope, I beg you hang this butcher, make this butcher kill this cow, make this cow drink this water, make this water out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over the river, make Anansi get home!\"\nRope said no.\nSaw Grease coming along. \"Do, me good Grease, grease this rope, make this rope hang this butcher, make this butcher kill this\n{p. 167}\nGrease said no.\nHe saw a Rat. Said, \"Do, me good Rat, gnaw this grease, make this grease grease this rope, make this rope hang this butcher, make this butcher kill this cow, make this cow drink this water, make this water out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get home!\"\nRat says no.\nSaw Puss coming along. \"Do, Br'er Puss, I beg you kill this rat, make this rat gnaw this grease, make this grease grease this rope, make this rope hang this butcher, make this butcher kill this cow, make this cow drink this water, make this water out this fire, make this fire burn this stick, make this stick lick this dog, make this dog bite this pig, make this pig jump over this river, make Anansi get home!\"\nPuss says, \"Yes, I will kill your rat!\"\nPat says, \"Before you kill me, I will gnaw the grease!\"\nGrease says, \"Before you gnaw me, I will grease the rope!\"\nRope says, \"Before you grease me, I will hang the butcher!\"\nButcher says, \"Before you hang me, I will kill the cow!\"\nCow says, \"Before you kill me, I will drink the water!\"\nWater says, \"Before you drink me, I will out the fire!\"\nFire says, \"Before you out me, I will burn the stick!\"\nStick says, \"Before you burn me, I will lick the dog!\"\nDog says, \"Before you lick me, I will bite the pig!\"\nPig says, \"Before you bite me, I will jump over the river!\"\nSo away went the pig over the river; and him and Anansi went home safe and without expense.\n{p. 170}","title":"138. Anansi and the Pig coming from Market.","type":"page"}