Anansi and the Baby Goat

Kweku Anansi tries to cheer up a crying baby goat with a funny face and a dancing leaf hat, but the hungry little goat has other ideas.

Kweku Anansi tries to cheer up a crying baby goat with a funny face and a dancing leaf hat, but the hungry little goat has other ideas.

Kweku misuses a strange moss-covered rock to make animals fall asleep and take their food, but Little Bush Deer turns the trick back on him so everyone can return what was taken.

Hungry Kweku tries to charm Turtle into sharing a simmering pot of beans, then learns that patience, honesty, and helping hands make a shared meal sweeter.

Kweku climbs a dew-lit raffia ladder through wind, thunder, and lightning tests to ask Nyame for stories he can share wisely with the village.

Kweku mistakes Brother Death's silence for permission, takes more than hospitality offered, tries to pull Ama into an unfair bargain, and learns that silence is not consent.

Kweku Anansi finds a giant yam, tries to move it, and discovers that rolling can be much easier than pulling.

Kweku Anansi tries to balance a round calabash on his head, but a tiny fly and a big sneeze turn his clever trick into a funny surprise.

Kweku Anansi uses a trail of seeds to move a proud hen from the cooking hut, but his clever trick brings a whole crowd of happy chickens.

Kweku Anansi tries to protect a new red clay pot with soft leaves, but his clever pot pillow becomes a messy, funny lesson in careful work.

Kweku Anansi tries to teach Tano the dog to fetch a red ball, but Tano has his own funny ideas about sticks, leaves, and sandals.