The ram and his friend
Folktales Legend (Nigeria)
There was a ram and his mother and his sister. Every day they would go
for a walk. One day his mother and his sister went away and left him.
He ran about trying to find them.
He came to a friend, another ram,
and said, "Friend, did you see our womenfolks go along here?" The ram
said, "No, I did not see your women folks here. Only your mother and
your sister. I saw them pass here, but I never have seen your women
folks."
The ram said, "Never did I see any one so dumb as you
are. You are the dumbest person left in the world. Who is my mother,
not to mention my sister? If a man has a mother and a sister, they are
like a wife to him. Or is a mother not a woman?
You are dumb, my
mother is my head woman. A wife will do for you the same things which a
mother will do for you."
This thing is true. A mother and a wife are about alike.
Some say that a wife is better than a mother, but it is not true.
What do you think?