One of the teachers at my school has been spending some of his weekends collecting traditional Fula stories from the nearby villages. He refused to tell us the story of the Elephant and the Cock because he is afraid of piracy (he is hoping to publish the stories at a later time). Possibly he would be mad if he knew I was about to share one of the stories with you, but if he ever publishes the book, I'll make it up to him by convincing you all to buy it.
Here is the story of the animal beauty contest, in its entirety:
So the animals decided to hold a beauty contest, and they all came. The wolves, the guinea fowl...even the rats. And they all made themselves look so nice and they put on make-ups. The warthog was walking to the beauty contest when he met the rabbit. And the rabbit said, "You have made your hairs look so nice and glossy, but your face...this beauty contest is not for your type." So the warthog turned around and went home. The End.
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